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

The Hon’ble Justice Debangsu Basak And The Hon’ble Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi DEATH REFERENCE NO 04 OF 2019 STATE OF WEST BENGAL … APPELLANT Vs.

SURAJIT DEB AND OTHERS … RESPONDENTS With CRA 477 OF 2019 SURAJIT DEB … APPELLANT Vs.

STATE OF WEST BENGAL … RESPONDENT With CRA 482 of 2019 LIPIKA PODDAR … APPELLANT Vs.

STATE OF WEST BENGAL … RESPONDENT With CRA 587 of 2019 SANJAY BISWAS … APPELLANT VS.

STATE OF WEST BENGAL … RESPONDENT For the Appellants : Mr. Jayanta Narayan Chatterjee, Sr. Adv.

[In D.R. 4 of 2019 & Ms. Moumita Pandit, Adv. C.R.A. 477 of 2019] Mr. Supreem Naskar, Adv.

Ms. Jayashree Patra, Adv.

Ms. Pritha Sinha, Adv.

[In C.R.A. 482 of 2019] : Mr. Kallol Mondal, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Krishan Ray, Adv.

Mr. Anamitra Banerjee, Adv.

Mr. Akbar Laskar, Adv.

Ms. Isita Kundu, Adv.

[In C.R.A. 587 of 2019] : Mr. Malay Bhattacharya, Adv.

Mr. Subhrajyoti Ghosh, Adv.

For the State & : Mr. Debasish Roy, Ld. P.P.

In C.R.A. 587 of 2019 Mr. Partha Pratim Das, Adv.

Ms. Manasi Roy, Adv.

Heard on : 16.06.2025 Judgment on : 17.07.2025 MD. SHABBAR RASHIDI, J.:-

1. This is a death reference case arising out of the judgment of conviction