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

C.R.A. 207 of 2018

Santosh Srivastava @ Manu Srivastava

Versus

The State of West Bengal and another

For the Appellant: Mr. Sabir Ahmed,

Mr. Ayan Chakraborty, Ms. Sohini Mukherjee,

Mr. Saikat Mallick

For the State: Ms. Rituparna Ghosh,

Ms. Afreen Begum.

For the Victim: Mr. Shounak Mondal.

Heard on: 09.12.2025. Judgment on: 09.12.2025.

Rajasekhar Mantha, J.:

1. The subject appeal is directed against judgment and order of conviction dated 14.03.2018 passed by the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, First Court at Sealdah, South 24 Parganas-cum-Special Judge under POCSO Act, 2012 in Special Case No. 12 of 2017. The appellant

was convicted under Section 376 of the IPC and 6 of the POCSO Act.

2. The appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment and was directed to pay a fine of Rs 2,00,000 (two lakhs). 90% of the said amount was directed to

be paid to the victim as compensation in terms of section 357 of the CRPC. Upon the default thereof, the appellant was directed to further undergo a rigorous imprisonment for one year. The detention