Manju Debnath VS State of Tripura

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S.TALAPATRA, ARINDAM LODH
Manju Debnath – Appellant
Versus
State of Tripura – Respondent

Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant :R. Datta and Somik Deb, Advocates
For the Respondent: S. Ghosh, PP

Table of Content
1. charges against the appellants and context of appeals. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. details of the trial process and evidence presented. (Para 4 , 5)
3. arguments of the defence regarding lack of evidence. (Para 6 , 7 , 8)
4. court analysis of circumstantial evidence and confessions. (Para 9 , 10 , 11)
5. discussion on motive and its proof in circumstantial cases. (Para 12 , 13 , 14 , 15)
6. evidence evaluation and conclusion of the court. (Para 16 , 17)

JUDGMENT :

S. TALAPATRA, J.

1. These two appeals being Crl. App. (J) No. 28 of 2016 (Sri Manju Debnath vs. State of Tripura) and Crl. App. (J) No. 32 of 2016 (Sri Sanjoy Datta vs. State of Tripura) are clubbed for disposal by a common judgment for the reason that these appeals emerge from the judgment and order dated 22.04.2016 delivered in Case No. Sessions Trial 38 (WT/S) of 2012 by the Addl. Sessions Judge, West Tripura District, Sonamura as he then was.

2. The appellants were charged under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the IPC for committing murder of Sridam Debnath on 10.07.2010 at night at North Jhumerdhepa under Melaghar P.S. After the regular trial both the appellants were convicted under of the and sentenced to

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S.TALAPATRA, ARINDAM LODHManju Debnath – AppellantVersusState of Tripura – Respondent

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S.TALAPATRA, ARINDAM LODH
Manju Debnath – Appellant
Versus
State of Tripura – Respondent