Sampa Biswas v. State of West Bengal and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing of FIR and chargesheet; abetment to suicide; Section 306 IPC; Section 34 IPC; Section 107 abetment segments; marriage during subsistence of first marriage; no mini-trial at quashing stage; matter for trial; prosecution to prove case by examining witnesses; Bhaktinagar Police Station Case No. 93 of 2024 dated 03.02.2024; Additional Sessions Judge 3rd Court Jalpaiguri; Arnab Manoranjan Goswami vs. State of Maharashtra (2021) 2 SCC 427 referred; CRR 582 of 2025 dismissed; Krishna Rao, J.; Calcutta High Court Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri; Criminal Revisional Jurisdiction.
What did the court decide?
Whatever defence the petitioner intends to prove can be taken during the trial; at the stage of quashing, this Court cannot conduct a mini-trial on whether the petitioner instigated the deceased to commit suicide — that is a matter for trial, where the prosecution must prove its case by examining witnesses.