In the High Court at Calcutta Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction Appellate Side The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya And The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Uday Kumar D.R. No. 5 of 2024 With CRA (DB) 10 of 2025 With CRA (DB) 20 of 2025 Aftab Alam Vs.

The State of West Bengal For the appellant : Dr. Arjun Chowdhury, Ms. Pratusha Dutta Chowdhury, Ms. Sunayana Parveen, Mr. Mantu Manda, Mr. Bappaditya Roy For the State : Mr. Nilay Chakraborty, Ld. APP., Mr. Sourav Ganguly Heard on : 23.07.2025, 24.07.2025, 25.07.2025 and 28.07.2025 Reserved on : 28.07.2025 Judgment on : 01.08.2025 Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J.:-

1. The Death Reference has come up before this Court for confirmation of a death sentence awarded to the appellant by a judgment dated September 21, 2024, whereby the appellant was convicted under Sections 396, 397 and 398 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sentenced to death for commission of offence punishable under Section

396 of the IPC as well as to rigorous imprisonment for seven years and fine of Rs. 5,000/-, in default to suffer further rigorous imprisonment for one year for the offence punishable under Section 397 of the IPC. The appellant was fu