Manik Barman v. The State Of West Bengal And ORS

25.11.2025 Item No.7 Court No.1 CHC Calcutta High Court In the Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Appellate Side CRMSPL/10/2025 In Re:- An appeal under Section 419(4) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

And In the matter of : Manik Barman ...... appellant Mr. Debajit Kundu, Advocate ...for the appellant Mr. Aditi Shankar Chakraborty, Ld. A.P.P.

(in virtual platform) Dr. Arjun Chowdhury, Advocate (in virtual platform) ...for the State

1. Daughter of the appellant died an unnatural death. Police complaint was lodged by the appellant. Police case resulted in the impugned judgment of acquittal. Appellant seeks leave to prefer an appeal.

2. Appellant falls within the expansive meaning of <victim= and therefore, can prefer a regular appeal without seeking special leave to file the appeal.

3. In such view, the present application is disposed of by permitting the learned advocate for the appellant to obtain

the certified copy of the impugned judgment of acquittal, by replacing the same with duly authenticated copy.

4. CRMSPL/10/2025 is disposed of accordingly. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)