CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Tirthankar Ghosh, J
Ajit Ghosh – Appellant
Versus
The State of West Bengal – Respondent
R e The petitioner is aggrieved by the factum of charge-sheet having been submitted in connection with Chandrakona PS Case No. 487 of 2019 under Sections 498A /306/406/34 of the IPC and Sections
3/4 of the DP Act.
The petitioner’s further grievance is that although the case was registered under Section 302 of the IPC but the same, after the investigation of the case, has been reduced to abetment of suicide. The petitioner prays for further investigation.
Learned advocate for the State submits Memorandum of Evidence.
I have considered the Memorandum of Evidence. Since the primary grievance of the petitioner is for investigation to be conducted in a proper manner and the fact that the case was registered in the year 2019, more than six years have passed since such investigation commenced, I am of the view that, at this belated stage, it would not be proper to send the case for further investigation.
The provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code permits that at any stage charges can be altered. If there are materials in the Case Diary which suggest that charges can be framed under Section 302 of the IPC and/or Section 304B of the IPC, the learned Sessions Judge while considering at the
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