LAWS(CAL)-2006-9-47

PRITHWISH CHOWDHURY Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

Decided On September 01, 2006
PRITHWISH CHOWDHURY Appellant
V/S
STATE OF WEST BENGAL Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) For salvaging their lost fortune suffered before the learned Additional Sessions Judge, 5th Court, Alipore in Sessions Trial No.2(l) 1995 on account of their conviction passed on 31.3.99 the Appellants - Prithwish Chowdhury (for short, 'A1'), Smt. Sefali Chowdhury (for short, 'A2') and Smt. Pratima Chowdhury (for short, 'A3') (the husband, mother-in-law and unmarried sister-in-law respectively of the deceased Anjana) have preferred this Criminal Appeal.

(2.) While it may be of poor consolation for little Moumita @ Rini (P.W.11) to be apprised of the exact cause of the death of her Mother Anjana in the forenoon of 22/5/1991, the same has baffled the Autopsy Surgeon, Dr. P. B. Das (P.W.10), Additional Chief Medical Officer of Health, Alipore; another Expert on the same profession P.W.2, Prof. Apurba Kumar Nandy, Professor and Head of the Department of Forensic Science and State Medicine, Calcutta Medical College & Hospital and Vice-Principal and also former Expert, Prof. Jagat Bandhu Mukherjee and have stirred the investigative skill of P.W.26, Sujit Banerjee and have persuaded the Defence to seek a dent in the prosecution case.

(3.) This Court is required to assess the position without being caught between Scylla and Charybdis.