Jaladhar Pal v. State Of West Bengal

25.03. 2022 item No.3 n.b.

ct. no. 34 CRR 914 of 2020 + IA No. CRAN 1 of 2021 Jaladhar Pal Vs.

State of West Bengal Ms. Chandreyi Alam, Mr. Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Ms. Madhumita Roy Choudhury .. for the petitioner.

Mr. Md. Anwar Hossain, Ms. Sreyashee Biswas .....for the State An affidavit of compliance filed by the learned advocate appearing for the petitioner which reflects that the petitioner has deposited a fine of Rs.35,000/- with the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bishnupur be kept with record. The subject matter of the case relates to an order of conviction passed in connection with Case no. 123C of 1992. Having regard to the fact that the incident is thirty years old and the petitioner have been suffering mental agony for substantial period of time, I am of the opinion, that the sentence so imposed by the learned Sub-Divisional Magistrate, first class, Bishnupur (presently the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bishnupur) in connection with case no. 123C of 1992 be reduced to the fine of Rs.35,000/-which has already been deposited by the petitioner.

Accordingly, the sentence passed by the Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bishnupur which was affirmed by the Learned Sessions Judge, Bankura in Criminal Appeal no.1 of 1994 is hereby modified and reduced to the amount of fine Rs.35,000/- which has been deposited by the petitioner. Accordingly, CRR 914 of 2020 is allowed.

All pending connected applications, if any, are consequently disposed of.

Interim order, if any, is made absolute.

All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. ( Tirthankar Ghosh, J.)