Alok Kumar Basu, J. - (1.) One Smt. Sitarani Jha, wife of Upendranath Jha, of village Mahindarpur of district Begusarai, on 29th April, 1984 at 10.45 a.m. coming to Bardhaman P.S. lodged a written complaint to the effect that on previous day that is on 28th April, 1984 at about 8 p.m. when she came at Bardhaman Railway Station and was about to go to Badamtala bus stand in a rickshaw, she was intercepted on her way by four of five persons and thereafter she was taken forcibly to a house under construction and thereafter two of those persons forcibly committed rape on her one after anothe'r. Smt. Sitarani Jha further stated in her complaint that after commission of rape she was left in a nearby tea stall and after sometime one Parimal Babu and Probal Babu and some other public rescued her from the shop and took her to the house of one of her relative. Smt. Jha further stated in her complaint that on the next morning i.e. on 29th April, 1984 local people brought one Utpal Das, one Haradhan @ Vhalta Sutradhar and one Banshidhar Dawn before her and she identified Utpal and Haradhan @ Vhalta Sutradhar as the persons who committed rape on her and at that time Haradhan @ Vhalta managed to flee away.
(2.) Smt. Sitarani Jha disclosed the name of remaining persons as she collected the same from the local people in her written complaint.
(3.) On the basis of written complaint of Smt. Sitarani Jha lodged on 29th April, 1984 Bardhaman P.S. started a case being No. 65 dated 29th April, 1984 under section 376/34 of the IPC against the present respondents Banshidhar, Utpal, Haradhan @ Bhalta and Bapi and after completion of investigation, chargesheet was submitted against all of them for their trial in open Court.;