IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

APPELLATE SIDE

Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Debangsu Basak

&

The Hon’ble Justice Prasenjit Biswas

C.R.A. 22 of 2021

With

IA No: CRAN 1/2025 Ganesh Chandra Das

-Versus-

The State of West Bengal

For the Appellants : Mr. Meenal Sinha, Adv.

For the State : Ms. Sreyashee Biswas, Adv.,

Mr. Soumya Basu Roy Chowdhury, Adv.

Hearing concluded on : August 4, 2025

Judgment On : August 27, 2025

Prasenjit Biswas, J:-

1. The impugned judgment and order of conviction dated 22.06.2016 and 23.06.2016 passed by the learned Additional

Sessions Judge, 1st Court, Contai in connection with Sessions Trial No. 1/January/2015 arising out of Sessions Case No. 10th October, 2014 is assailed in this appeal.

2. By passing the impugned judgment this appellant was found guilty for commission of offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 5,000/-, in default of payment of fine to undergo further simple imprisonment for a period of six months.

3. Being aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the said impugned judgment and order of conviction, the present appeal is preferred at the behes