IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL REVISIONAL JURISDICTION

APPELLATE SIDE

CRR 2817 of 2025

CRAN 1 of 2025 Koustav Bagchi

Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Anr.

Before: The Hon’ble Justice Apurba Sinha Ray

For the Petitioner : Mr. Rajdeep Mazumder, Sr. Adv.,

Mr. Moyukh Mukherjee, Adv.

Mr. Samrat Mondal, Adv.

For the State : Mr. Debasish Roy, Ld. P.P.

Mr. Rudradipta Nandy, Ld. APP

CAV On : 25.09.2025 Judgment On : 31.10.2025

Apurba Sinha Ray, J. :-

1. The scope of this revisional application involves a short and fine question of law relating to section 199(2) of Cr.P.C. corresponding to Section 222(2) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 (BNSS 2023 in short). 2. The brief fact, relevant for the purpose of this application, is that an Author wrote a book which was first published in the year 2015 stating, inter alia, that the current Hon'ble Chief Minister of the State of West Bengal

married one person clandestinely along with some other alleged details of personal private life of Hon'ble Chief Minister prior to her assuming the post of Chief Minister. In the said book this alleged marriage and alleged relationship were depicted as undisclosed facts of personal life of Hon'ble Chief Minister and