AYUB ALI MOLLA Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) A common judgment and order of conviction and sentence have been assailed in four criminal appeals. For the sake of convenience of discussion and arriving at a just decision, all the four appeals viz. CRA No. 146/195/261/268 of 2010 are taken up together.

(2.) THE aforesaid three appeals are directed against the judgment and order of conviction and sentence passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track, 5th Court, Barasat, North 24 Parganas, in Sessions Trial No. 4(3) of 2008, arising out of Sessions Case No. 15(8) of 2007 under section 302/120B/ 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

(3.) THE grievances of the appellants may be capsulated in a few sentences as follows: