West Bengal judge passes second death sentence in 7 days, both murder cases
Hindustan TimesA fast-track court judge at Berhampore in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Thursday sentenced a 24-year-old man to death after finding him guilty of murdering his 18-year-old former girlfriend in May 2022, public prosecutor Bibhas Chatterjee informed. On August 24, the same judge, Santosh Kumar Pathak, sentenced another 22-year-old man to death for murdering primary school teacher Bandhu Prakash Pal, his wife Beauty Pal and their seven-year-old son on October 8, 2019. The judge passed the sentence on Thursday after declaring Sushanta Chowdhury guilty of murdering Sutapa Chowdhury outside a girl’s hostel in Berhampore on May 22 last year. In the 2019 murder case, the judge declared Utpal Behera, a 22-year-old mason, guilty under sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code.