Form No. J(1)

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

Present :

The Hon’ble Justice Rajasekhar Mantha

And

The Hon’ble Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta

CRA 522 of 2017

Kamal Singha @ Kadam & Ors.

– Vs. –

The State of West Bengal & Anr.

For the Appellants: Mr. Mujibar Ali Naskar,

Md. Habibur Rahman, Ms. Shaguffa Parveen.

For the State: Mr. Saibal Bapuli, ld. APP,

Mr. Bibaswan Bhattacharya.

Heard on: 02.12.2025 and 04.12.2025.

Judgment on: December 4, 2025.

Rajasekhar Mantha, J.:

1. The instant appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction dated 15th May, 2017 and order of sentence dated 17th May, 2017 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track, 2nd Court, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur in Sessions Trial No. 15 of 2012 (CIS No. 275 of

2015) arising out of Sessions Case No. 113 of 2011.

2. All the appellants were convicted under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 323 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. They were sentenced to life imprisonment and were directed to pay a fine of Rs. 25,000/- each under Section 302

read with Section 34 of the IPC. They were also sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment of one year for offences un