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

The Hon’ble Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj And The Hon’ble Justice Apurba Sinha Ray C.R.A. 387 of 2018 Ram Mandal -Vs-

The State of West Bengal For the Appellant : Mr. Kusal Kumar Mukherjee Mr. Diptangshu Basu For the State : Mr. Arijit Ganguly Ms. Trisha Rakshit Reserved On : 29.04.2025 Pronounced On : 14.08.2025 Rajarshi Bharadwaj, J.

1. The appeal is directed against the judgement and an order passed by the Court of Learned Additional Sessions Judge, 3rd Court at Malda, dated May18, 2018 in Sessions Case No. 153 of 2015, convicting the appellant under Sections 302of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as ‘IPC’) read with Section 27 of the Arms Act, 1959 and sentencing him to suffer imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs. 500/- in default to suffer rigorous imprisonment for a further period of one month for the offence under section 302 IPC.

2. The present case arises out of English Bazar P.S. Case No. 1039/2014 dated December 14, 2014, registered under Sections 341, 326 and 307 of the IPC on the basis of a First Information Report (FIR) and a written complaint lodged by one Rekha Manda