NIREN BARMAN DEBAJIT KUNDU vs THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL — CRA(DB)/16/2022

Case under Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Act ,1974 Section NA. Disposed: Contested--DISPOSED on 25th March 2026.

Case disposed Next hearing 12-Jul-2022

CNR: WBCHCJ0030292022

Filing Number

CRA(DB)/18/2022

Filing Date

11-Jul-2022

Registration No

CRA(DB)/16/2022

Registration Date

11-Jul-2022

Judge

Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak , Hon'ble Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury

Coram

Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak , Hon'ble Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury

Bench Type

Division Bench

Judicial Branch

CRIMINAL SECTION

Decision Date

25-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--DISPOSED

Last updated 15-Apr-2026

Acts & Sections

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Act ,1974 Section NA

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.NIREN BARMAN DEBAJIT KUNDU

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 25-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak,hon'ble Justice Biswaroop ChowdhuryView PDF

    Summary The Calcutta High Court set aside the conviction and life sentence of appellant Niren Barman under POCSO Act Section 4 (rape of a child). The court found reasonable doubt due to: (1) absence of independent witnesses despite the alleged incident occurring in broad daylight on a busy school road where students and parents typically travel; (2) medical evidence showing no injuries inconsistent with the rape claim; and (3) victim's account lacking corroboration. Applying the principle that benefit of doubt must favor the accused, the court acquitted the appellant and released him on bond. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 25-Mar-2026

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak , Hon'ble Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury

  4. 24-Mar-2026

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak , Hon'ble Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury

  5. 23-Mar-2026

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak , Hon'ble Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury

  6. 17-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak,hon'ble Justice Biswaroop ChowdhuryView PDF

  7. 17-Mar-2026

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak , Hon'ble Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury

  8. 06-Mar-2026

    Criminal Appeal Hearing 1

    Hon'ble Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj , Hon'ble Justice Reetobroto Kumar Mitra

  9. 05-Mar-2026

    Criminal Appeal Hearing 1

    Hon'ble Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj , Hon'ble Justice Reetobroto Kumar Mitra

  10. 02-Mar-2026

    Criminal Appeal Hearing 1

    Hon'ble Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj , Hon'ble Justice Reetobroto Kumar Mitra

  11. 27-Feb-2026

    Criminal Appeal Hearing 1

    Hon'ble Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj , Hon'ble Justice Reetobroto Kumar Mitra

  12. 26-Feb-2026

    Criminal Appeal Hearing 1

    Hon'ble Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj , Hon'ble Justice Reetobroto Kumar Mitra

  13. 23-Feb-2026

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Shampa Sarkar , Hon'ble Justice Smita Das De

  14. 20-Feb-2026

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Shampa Sarkar , Hon'ble Justice Smita Das De

  15. 19-Feb-2026

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Shampa Sarkar , Hon'ble Justice Smita Das De

  16. 18-Feb-2026

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Shampa Sarkar , Hon'ble Justice Smita Das De

  17. 17-Feb-2026

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Shampa Sarkar , Hon'ble Justice Smita Das De

  18. 16-Feb-2026

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Chief Justice Sujoy Paul , Hon'ble Justice Partha Sarathi Sen

  19. 13-Feb-2026

    Hon'ble Chief Justice Sujoy Paul,hon'ble Justice Partha Sarathi SenView PDF

  20. 13-Feb-2026

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Chief Justice Sujoy Paul , Hon'ble Justice Partha Sarathi Sen

  21. 12-Feb-2026

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Chief Justice Sujoy Paul , Hon'ble Justice Partha Sarathi Sen

  22. 05-Jan-2026

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak , Hon'ble Justice Chaitali Chatterjee (Das)

  23. 24-Dec-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty , Hon'ble Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury

  24. 23-Dec-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty , Hon'ble Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury

  25. 22-Dec-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty , Hon'ble Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury

  26. 19-Dec-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty , Hon'ble Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury

  27. 18-Dec-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty , Hon'ble Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury

  28. 17-Dec-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty , Hon'ble Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury

  29. 16-Dec-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty , Hon'ble Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury

  30. 28-Nov-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak , Hon'ble Justice MD. Shabbar Rashidi

  31. 27-Nov-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak , Hon'ble Justice MD. Shabbar Rashidi

  32. 26-Nov-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak , Hon'ble Justice MD. Shabbar Rashidi

  33. 25-Nov-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak , Hon'ble Justice MD. Shabbar Rashidi

  34. 24-Nov-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak , Hon'ble Justice MD. Shabbar Rashidi

  35. 21-Nov-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak , Hon'ble Justice MD. Shabbar Rashidi

  36. 20-Nov-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak , Hon'ble Justice MD. Shabbar Rashidi

  37. 19-Nov-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak , Hon'ble Justice MD. Shabbar Rashidi

  38. 18-Nov-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak , Hon'ble Justice MD. Shabbar Rashidi

  39. 01-Aug-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya , Hon'ble Justice Uday Kumar

  40. 31-Jul-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya , Hon'ble Justice Uday Kumar

  41. 30-Jul-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya , Hon'ble Justice Uday Kumar

  42. 29-Jul-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya , Hon'ble Justice Uday Kumar

  43. 28-Jul-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya , Hon'ble Justice Uday Kumar

  44. 25-Jul-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya , Hon'ble Justice Uday Kumar

  45. 24-Jul-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya , Hon'ble Justice Uday Kumar

  46. 23-Jul-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya , Hon'ble Justice Uday Kumar

  47. 22-Jul-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya , Hon'ble Justice Uday Kumar

  48. 07-Jul-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur , Hon'ble Justice MD. Shabbar Rashidi

  49. 04-Jul-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur , Hon'ble Justice MD. Shabbar Rashidi

  50. 03-Jul-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur , Hon'ble Justice MD. Shabbar Rashidi

  51. 02-Jul-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur , Hon'ble Justice MD. Shabbar Rashidi

  52. 01-Jul-2025

    Criminal Appeal Hearing

    Hon'ble Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur , Hon'ble Justice MD. Shabbar Rashidi

  53. 14-Jul-2022

    Hon'ble Justice Ananda Kumar Mukherjee,hon'ble Justice Rajasekhar ManthaView PDF

  54. 12-Jul-2022

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  55. 11-Jul-2022

    Case filed

    Registration No. CRA(DB)/16/2022

casestatus.in Summary

Summary The Calcutta High Court set aside the conviction and life sentence of appellant Niren Barman under POCSO Act Section 4 (rape of a child). The court found reasonable doubt due to: (1) absence of independent witnesses despite the alleged incident occurring in broad daylight on a busy school road where students and parents typically travel; (2) medical evidence showing no injuries inconsistent with the rape claim; and (3) victim's account lacking corroboration. Applying the principle that benefit of doubt must favor the accused, the court acquitted the appellant and released him on bond. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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