KOLKATA: A Barasat fast track court on Monday convicted New Town
lawyer
Anindita Pal Dey (35) in connection with the
murder of her husband Rajat Kumar Dey (34), who was also a lawyer. The Calcutta High Court lawyer had been strangled to death in his sleep by the wire of a mobile charger around 22 months ago. The incident had occurred at the couple’s New Town apartment. Anindita is currently out on bail.
The Barasat court on Monday ruled that Anindita was guilty in the murder that had taken place on the night of Novermber 24-25 in 2018. Anindita was found guilty under IPC sections of 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence). The quantum of punishment will be announced on Wednesday.
The case is significant because
electronic
evidence proved to be the clincher, said special PP Bivas Chatterjee. The prosecution completed the entire trial within seven months. The admissibility of the electronic digital evidence in criminal prosecutions influenced the trial of the Rajat Dey murder case, claimed those involved with the case.
“The verdict comes eight and a half months after the chargesheet. That would not have been possible without the assistance of digital technology. Digital evidence, including 31 medico legal witnesses, audio enhancement, photograph enhancement, forensic video analysis and the digital enhancement of latent fingerprints have been presented to the court,” Chatterjee said.
In addition, there were over 60 documentary and material exhibits. The prosecution used
WhatsApp group conversation between the victim, the convict and two just prior to the incident wherein Anindita herself admitted that on the night in question, no one other than she and her husband were present at the apartment.
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