HIMANGSHU PAHARI Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Himangshu Pahari alias Ganesh, the appellant before us, was arraigned before the learned Additional Sessions Judge, 10th Court, Alipore to answer the following charges:-

(2.) On Sept. 19, 1979 Sunita left for her school at or about 9 A.M. as usual and Ranjit also left for his father's office round about the same time. At or about 2 P.M. the deceased's brother Gopal Guha (P. W. 10), a resident of Calcutta, along with his friend Swapan Roy (P. W. 13), paid a visit to his sister's flat. She was alone in the flat at that time and during their talks with her they came to know from her that her refrigerator had gone out of order.

(3.) While they were talking with the deceased, there was tapping on the door of the flat. The deceased, after peeping through the eyehole of the door opened it when three men entered the flat. One of them wearing a printed shirt and carrying a khaki bag started conversation with the deceased over the repair of her refrigerator. After a while, Gopal and his friend left the flat while those three men remained inside.