State of West Bengal vs DIPAK MONDAL — 847/2025

Summary The Judicial Magistrate Court in Raghunathpur, Purulia acquitted Dipak Mandal of charges under Section 46A(c) of the Bengal Excise Act for illegal possession and sale of liquor. The court found that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt due to critical evidentiary gaps: all prosecution witnesses (police personnel) admitted inability to identify seized articles, no independent local witnesses were examined, and crucially, the chemical examination report confirming the seized substance was liquor was not produced in court. Applying settled criminal law principles that suspicion cannot substitute proof and doubts must favor the accused, the court granted acquittal. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.