State of West Bengal vs SK. Ajib and others — 172/2016

Case under Indian Penal Code Section 379/411ofI.P.C. Disposed: Contested--ACQUITTED on 13th April 2026.

Case disposed

Gr Case

CNR: WBPU060005452016

Filing Number

603/2016

Filing Date

06-Sep-2016

Registration No

172/2016

Registration Date

06-Sep-2016

Court

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Raghunathpur, Purulia

Judge

4-Jm I

Decision Date

13-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--ACQUITTED

Last updated 05-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Indian Penal Code Section 379/411ofI.P.C

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.State of West Bengal

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.SK. Ajib and others

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 13-Apr-2026

    Daliy OrderView PDF

  3. 13-Apr-2026

    JudgementView PDF

    Summary: The Judicial Magistrate Court acquitted accused Sk. Ajib of theft (Section 379 IPC) and receiving stolen property (Section 411 IPC) charges in a case involving missing mobile phones. The court found that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt, as the complainant (PW1) explicitly stated he did not know who committed the theft or recognize the accused, and the other two witnesses provided only hearsay evidence with no incriminating facts. No stolen property was recovered from the accused, and the court emphasized that suspicion without cogent evidence cannot sustain conviction, entitling the accused to acquittal under the benefit of doubt doctrine. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  4. 13-Apr-2026

    Disposed

    Jm I

  5. 10-Mar-2026

    Daliy OrderView PDF

  6. 10-Mar-2026

    Examination under section 313 Cr.P.C

    Jm I

  7. 16-Feb-2026

    Daliy OrderView PDF

  8. 16-Feb-2026

    E.R of Wpa

    Jm I

  9. 29-Dec-2025

    E.R of Wpa

    Jm I

  10. 06-Nov-2025

    E.R of Wpa

    Jm I

  11. 18-Sep-2025

    Daliy OrderView PDF

  12. 18-Sep-2025

    E.R of Wpa

    Jm I

  13. 25-Aug-2025

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  14. 10-Jul-2025

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  15. 08-May-2025

    Daliy OrderView PDF

  16. 08-May-2025

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  17. 20-Mar-2025

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  18. 20-Feb-2025

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  19. 21-Nov-2024

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  20. 13-Sep-2024

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  21. 09-Aug-2024

    Daliy OrderView PDF

  22. 09-Aug-2024

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  23. 15-Jul-2024

    Daliy OrderView PDF

  24. 15-Jul-2024

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  25. 20-May-2024

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  26. 23-Apr-2024

    Daliy OrderView PDF

  27. 23-Apr-2024

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  28. 27-Dec-2023

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  29. 16-Oct-2023

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  30. 04-Jul-2023

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  31. 16-May-2023

    Daliy OrderView PDF

  32. 16-May-2023

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  33. 31-Mar-2023

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  34. 23-Jan-2023

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  35. 16-Nov-2022

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  36. 01-Sep-2022

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  37. 01-Jul-2022

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  38. 16-May-2022

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  39. 29-Apr-2022

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  40. 15-Mar-2022

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  41. 25-Jan-2022

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  42. 16-Dec-2021

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  43. 27-Oct-2021

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  44. 04-Sep-2021

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  45. 14-Jul-2021

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  46. 20-May-2021

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  47. 30-Mar-2021

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  48. 08-Dec-2020

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  49. 21-Sep-2020

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  50. 29-Jul-2020

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  51. 14-May-2020

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  52. 02-Mar-2020

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  53. 18-Dec-2019

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  54. 21-Oct-2019

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  55. 03-Jul-2019

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  56. 30-Mar-2019

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  57. 08-Jan-2019

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  58. 28-Sep-2018

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  59. 07-Jul-2018

    For appearance and E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  60. 20-Apr-2018

    For appearance and E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  61. 12-Feb-2018

    For appearance and E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  62. 30-Nov-2017

    For appearance and E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  63. 24-Aug-2017

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  64. 14-Jul-2017

    E/R of W/A

    Jm I

  65. 15-Jun-2017

    Charge / Plea Hearing

  66. 16-May-2017

    Charge / Plea Hearing

    Jm I

  67. 20-Mar-2017

    Charge / Plea Hearing

    Jm I

  68. 06-Feb-2017

    Charge / Plea Hearing

    Jm I

  69. 26-Dec-2016

    Charge / Plea Hearing

    Jm I

  70. 15-Nov-2016

    Charge / Plea Hearing

    Jm I

  71. 28-Sep-2016

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  72. 06-Sep-2016

    Case filed

    Registration No. 172/2016

casestatus.in Summary

Summary: The Judicial Magistrate Court acquitted accused Sk. Ajib of theft (Section 379 IPC) and receiving stolen property (Section 411 IPC) charges in a case involving missing mobile phones. The court found that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt, as the complainant (PW1) explicitly stated he did not know who committed the theft or recognize the accused, and the other two witnesses provided only hearsay evidence with no incriminating facts. No stolen property was recovered from the accused, and the court emphasized that suspicion without cogent evidence cannot sustain conviction, entitling the accused to acquittal under the benefit of doubt doctrine. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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