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 2018 STATE OF WEST BENGAL … APPELLANT Vs.

SRIMANTA TUNG … RESPONDENT With C.R.A. 684 of 2018 SRIMANTA TUNG … APPELLANT Vs.

STATE OF WEST BENGAL … RESPONDENT For the Appellant : Mr. Kaushik Gupta, Ld. Sr. Adv.

Mr. Santanu Talukdar, Adv.

For the State : Mr. Debasish Roy, Ld. P.P., Mr. Rudradipta Nandy, Ld. A.P.P.

Mr. Suman De, Adv.

Hearing Concluded on : 09.06.2025 Judgment on : 24.06.2025 sk sohel uddin

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MD. SHABBAR RASHIDI, J.:-

1. The death reference and the appeal are directed against the impugned judgment of conviction dated November 15, 2018 and order of sentence dated November 16, 2018 passed in Sessions Trial No. 3 (12) of 2016 arising out of Sessions Case No. 67 (11) of 2016.

2. By the impugned judgment of conviction, the appellant was convicted of the offences punishable under Sections 376 (2)(i)(k)/ 302/201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 as well as of Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. By the im