LAWS(SC)-2009-3-139

KRISHNA GHOSH Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

Decided On March 31, 2009
KRISHNA GHOSH Appellant
V/S
STATE OF WEST BENGAL Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court upholding the conviction of the appellant for offence punishable under Sections 498A and 302 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short the IPC ). The present appeal is filed by the appellant, husband of Yogmaya (hereinafter referred to as the deceased ). A single appeal was filed by the present appellant and his mother-Gita Ghosh and unmarried sister Kalyani Ghosh A-3.

(3.) Prosecution version in a nutshell is as follows: