MD ANWAR Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Both the criminal appeals being C.R.A. No. 550 of 2006 and C.R.A. No. 495 of 2007 are arising out of the self-same judgment and order passed by the Learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track, 2nd Court, Sealdah, 24-Parganas (South), in connection with Sessions Trial No. 1(2) 06 and accordingly the same are taken up for hearing together.

(2.) In the aforesaid trial the convicts are Md. Anwar and Md. Arshi. In the said trial both the accuseds Md. Anwar and Md. Arshi were convicted under Section 393 and under Section 397 of the Indian Penal Code. They were sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 7 years and to pay a fine of Rs. 2,000/ - and with default clause on each count, for their conviction under Section 393 of the Indian Penal Code and under Section 397 of the Indian Penal Code.

(3.) The prosecution case in a nutshell are as follows;