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

The Hon’ble Justice Ananya Bandyopadhyay C.R.A. 290 of 2001 Sukumar Mondal -Vs-

The State of West Bengal For the Appellant : Mr. Soham Banerjee (Amicus Curiae)

For the State : Mr. Debashish Ray Mr. Avishek Sinha Heard on : 02.02.2024, 01.04.2024, 21.05.2024, Judgment on : 22.04.2025 Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.:-

1. This appeal is preferred against the judgment and order of conviction dated

08.06.2001 passed by the Learned Additional Sessions Judge, Tamluk, Midnapore in Sessions Trial No.3(5)99 arising out of Sessions Trial Case No.12(9)96 convicting the appellant under Section 411 of the Indian Penal Code and sentencing him to suffer simple imprisonment for 2½ (two and half) years and to pay a fine of Rs.2000/- in default of payment of fine further simple imprisonment for 2 months.

2. The prosecution case precisely stated on 18.05.1990 at 11:30 a.m., while the de-facto complainant and the others were searching for the daughter of Tushar Kanti Jana, they heard an alarm from the north-eastern corner of the house following which they followed they found the dead body of deceased girl in the tank. On the call