Form No. J(1)

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

APPELLATE SIDE

Present :

The Hon’ble Justice Rajasekhar Mantha

And

The Hon’ble Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta

C.R.A. 651 of 2014

With

CRAN 2 of 2022

Mahesh Keshri @ Keshori

– Vs. –

The State of West Bengal

For the Appellant : Mr. Anirban Mitra,

Mr. Amit Halder,

Mr. Amit Roy.

For the State in CRA 651 of 2014: Mr. Debasish Roy, ld. P.P.

Mrs. Amita Gaur, Mr. Atanu Ghosh,

For the State in CRAN 2 of 2022 : Mrs. Z. N. Khan,

Mr. Ashok Das.

Heard on : August 14, 2025 and August 19, 2025.

Judgment on : August 19, 2025.

Rajasekhar Mantha, J.:

1. The instant appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction dated 27th

August, 2014 and order of sentence dated 28th August, 2014, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Durgapur, Burdwan in Sessions Trial No. 28 of 2011 arising out of Sessions Case No. 95 of 2011. The appellant was

convicted for life under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for life.

THE PROSECUTION CASE:

2. The prosecution case in brief is that on 25th March, 2011, sometime around

11:00 am, the victim Mukti Bauri was found with his throat slit inside the mobile and electronic shop room of the appellant. The shop room was lo