IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL REVISIONAL JURISDICTION

Appellate Side

Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta

C.R.R. 1333 of 2001

With

CRAN 5/2025

Chittaranjan Banik & Ors.

Versus

The State of West Bengal & Anr.

For the Petitioners : Mr. Ujjal Ray, Adv.

Ms. Manishikha Mondal, Adv.

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

Mr. Anand Keshari, Adv.

Ms. Chandreyi Dutta, adv

Heard on : 28-11-2025 Judgment on : 10-12-2025

Ajay Kumar Gupta, J:

1. This Criminal Revisional application has been filed by the four petitioners/convicts under Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short ‘Cr.P.C.’), challenging the correctness, legality and propriety of the judgment and order dated 24-04-2001 passed by the Learned Sessions Judge, Hooghly in Criminal Appeal No. 28 of 2000.

2. By the aforesaid judgment and order, the Learned Sessions Judge affirmed the judgment of conviction and sentence dated 21-11-2000 passed by the Learned Assistant Sessions Judge, Additional Court, Hooghly in Sessions Trial No. 34 of 1999. By the said judgment, the petitioners, namely, Chittaranjan Banik, Bimal Sen @ Mistry, Bhim Biswas and Bijan Biswas were convicted under Section 436 read with Section 34 of IPC and