IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Appellate Side Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Rajasekhar Mantha And The Hon’ble Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta C.R.A. 8 of 2016 Papan Sarkar @ Pranab & Ors.

Versus The State of West Bengal For the Appellants : Mr. Sekhar Basu, Adv.

Mr. Diptangshu Basu, Adv.

For the State : Ms. Faria Hossain, Adv.

Mr. D. Datta, Adv.

Heard on : 11.09.2025 Judgment on : 15.09.2025 Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.:

1. The correctness of the judgment and order dated 08.12.2015 and 10.12.2015 passed by the Learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court -II, Raiganj in Sessions Trial No. 12 of 2013 arising out of Sessions Case No. 21 of 2013 has been assailed by the appellants.

2. By the said Judgement and order, the Learned Sessions Judge convicted the appellants for commission of the offence punishable under Sections 302/201/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and sentenced them to suffer imprisonment for life each without remission and to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000/- each, in default, to suffer simple imprisonment for two years each for commission of offence under Sections 302/34 of the IPC.

3. All of them are further sentenced to suffer for rigorous imprisonment of th