State of West Bengal vs Subodh Thakur — 208/2025

Case under Indian Penal Code Section 498. Disposed: Contested--ACQUITTED on 16th March 2026.

Case disposed

Gr Case

CNR: WBDJ020022272025

Filing Number

2226/2025

Filing Date

23-Sep-2025

Registration No

208/2025

Registration Date

24-Sep-2025

Court

Chief Judicial Magistrate, Darjeeling

Judge

5-CJM

Decision Date

16-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--ACQUITTED

Last updated 31-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Indian Penal Code Section 498

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.State of West Bengal

    Adv. Pankaj Prasad

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.Subodh Thakur

  2. 2.Sanjay Thakur

  3. 3.Mina Thakur

  4. 4.Laxmi Thakur

  5. 5.Jagnarayan Thakur

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 16-Mar-2026

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  3. 16-Mar-2026

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    Case Summary: State of West Bengal v. Subodh Thakur & Others (208/2025) The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Darjeeling acquitted Subodh Thakur, Mina Thakur, Sanjay Thakur, Laxmi Thakur, and Jaganarayan Thakur of dowry harassment charges under IPC Section 498A. The complainant (PW1) made serious allegations in the FIR but retracted them entirely during testimony, stating the case was filed due to misunderstanding and expressing no objection to acquittal, creating reasonable doubt about the allegations' veracity. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  4. 16-Mar-2026

    Disposed

    CJM

  5. 13-Mar-2026

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  6. 13-Mar-2026

    Judgement

    CJM

  7. 12-Mar-2026

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  8. 12-Mar-2026

    Charge

    CJM

  9. 12-Feb-2026

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  10. 12-Feb-2026

    Er/Wa

    CJM

  11. 11-Feb-2026

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  12. 11-Feb-2026

    Appearance

    CJM

  13. 09-Dec-2025

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  14. 09-Dec-2025

    Appearance

    CJM

  15. 30-Oct-2025

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  16. 30-Oct-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  17. 23-Sep-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. 208/2025

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: State of West Bengal v. Subodh Thakur & Others (208/2025) The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Darjeeling acquitted Subodh Thakur, Mina Thakur, Sanjay Thakur, Laxmi Thakur, and Jaganarayan Thakur of dowry harassment charges under IPC Section 498A. The complainant (PW1) made serious allegations in the FIR but retracted them entirely during testimony, stating the case was filed due to misunderstanding and expressing no objection to acquittal, creating reasonable doubt about the allegations' veracity. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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