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

The Hon’ble Justice Prasenjit Biswas C.R.A. 444 of 1988 Lal Mohan Porel @ Lalmohan @ Lalu Porel -Versus-

The State of West Bengal For the Appellant : Mr. Kallol Mondal, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Krishan Ray, Mr. Souvik Das, Mr. Anamitra Banerjee, Mr. Akbar Laskar.

For the State : Ms. Avishek Sinha.

Hearing concluded on : 20.03.2025 Judgment On : 25.03.2025 Prasenjit Biswas, J:-

1. This appeal is directed against the judgment dated 26.09.1988 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, 1st Court, Hooghly in Sessions Trial Case No. 28 of 1987. By the impugned judgment the accused/appellant Lalmohan Porel @ Lalmohan @ Lalu Porel has been convicted under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for four years and to pay a fine of Rs. 500/-, in default to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year.

2. Being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the said impugned judgment and order of conviction the present appeal is filed at the behest of the appellant.

3. Despite service effected upon the victim she chooses not to appear in this case.

4. In short campus the story of the pro