FATIK DEY Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This appeal is directed against a judgement and order dated 19th January, 1990 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, First Court, Bankura in Sessions Trial No. 1 of January 1988 arising out of Sessions Case No. 9 of August 1987 by which the appellant Fatik was convicted of the offence punishable under section 302 and the rest of the six accused persons were acquitted of all the charges. The convict Fatik has been sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life for the offence punishable under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.

(2.) The facts and circumstances of the case briefly stated are as follows :

(3.) After investigation the police filed a charge-sheet not only against the mother-in-law and the sisters-in-law but also against the husband and some of his relations under sections 498A and 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The learned Trial Judge did not find any of the accused persons guilty of the charge under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. The appellant alone was convicted under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. Rest of the accused persons were also exonerated from the charge under section 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code.