IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Prasenjit Biswas Rengta Hansda @ Bhuto -Versus-

The State of West Bengal For the Appellant : Mr. Soumyajit Das Mahapatra, Mr. Madhurai Sinha, Ms. Upasana Banerjee.

For the State : Mr. Amita Gour, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Asif Dewan.

Hearing concluded on : 13.08.2025 Judgment On : 10.11.2025 Prasenjit Biswas, J:-

1. The instant appeal is directed against the impugned judgment and order of conviction dated 22.02.1996 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, 6th Court, Midnapore, in Sessions Trial No. XIV of September, 1994 on behalf of the appellant.

2. By passing the impugned judgment, the present appellant was found guilty for commission of offence under Section 326 of the Indian Penal Code and was sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for three years along with fine of Rs. 1000/- and in default of payment of fine to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for one month.

3. Being aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the said impugned judgment and order of conviction, the present appeal has been preferred at the behest of the appellant-convict.

4. In brief, the prosecution story as projected