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Purkait was kidnapped on the eve of the [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name="Basu1998">{{cite book|author=Jyoti Basu|title=Documents of the Communist Movement in India: 1971-72|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XpraAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=National Book Agency|isbn=978-81-7626-019-0|page=437}}</ref> |
Purkait was kidnapped on the eve of the [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name="Basu1998">{{cite book|author=Jyoti Basu|title=Documents of the Communist Movement in India: 1971-72|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XpraAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=National Book Agency|isbn=978-81-7626-019-0|page=437}}</ref> |
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In 1996 a court case was opened against Purkait and other SUCI cadres, for the killing of two [[Indian National Congress]] supporters during a clash in 1985. On 12 November 1997, the Alipore sessions court, which held the trial, convicted six persons and acquitted 32, including Purkait. Subsequently an appeal was filed by the State Government in the High Court and in 2005 Purkait and 6 others were given life sentence for murder.<ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050721/asp/bengal/story_5016449.asp The Telegraph - Calcutta : Bengal<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> SUCI has denounced the process as a false case and called the court ruling a conspiracy of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M)).<ref name="prol"/><ref>[http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/21/stories/2005072102981300.htm The Hindu : National : Life-term for MLA<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Supreme Court of India on 27 February 2007 dismissed the appeal filed by Prabodh Purkait against the judgment passed by the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court.<ref>[http://www.rishabhdara.com/sc/view.php?case=21864 PROBODH PURKAIT versus STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS: Judgment of the Supreme Court of India<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
In 1996 a court case was opened against Purkait and other SUCI cadres, for the killing of two [[Indian National Congress]] supporters during a clash in 1985. On 12 November 1997, the Alipore sessions court, which held the trial, convicted six persons and acquitted 32, including Purkait. Subsequently an appeal was filed by the State Government in the High Court and in 2005 Purkait and 6 others were given life sentence for murder.<ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050721/asp/bengal/story_5016449.asp The Telegraph - Calcutta : Bengal<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> SUCI has denounced the process as a false case and called the court ruling a conspiracy of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M)).<ref name="prol"/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110201062006/http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/21/stories/2005072102981300.htm The Hindu : National : Life-term for MLA<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Supreme Court of India on 27 February 2007 dismissed the appeal filed by Prabodh Purkait against the judgment passed by the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court.<ref>[http://www.rishabhdara.com/sc/view.php?case=21864 PROBODH PURKAIT versus STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS: Judgment of the Supreme Court of India<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 21:42, 21 April 2021
Probodh Purkait | |
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MLA (1967-72) & (1977-2006) (9 Terms) | |
Preceded by | New Seat |
Succeeded by | Joy Krishna Halder |
Constituency | Kultali |
Personal details | |
Political party | Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) |
Probodh Purkait is an Indian politician belonging to the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI(C)). He represented the Kultali constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for more than thirty years.[1]
Purkait was kidnapped on the eve of the 1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.[2]
In 1996 a court case was opened against Purkait and other SUCI cadres, for the killing of two Indian National Congress supporters during a clash in 1985. On 12 November 1997, the Alipore sessions court, which held the trial, convicted six persons and acquitted 32, including Purkait. Subsequently an appeal was filed by the State Government in the High Court and in 2005 Purkait and 6 others were given life sentence for murder.[3] SUCI has denounced the process as a false case and called the court ruling a conspiracy of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)).[1][4] Supreme Court of India on 27 February 2007 dismissed the appeal filed by Prabodh Purkait against the judgment passed by the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court.[5]
References
- ^ a b "suci.in" (PDF). suci.in. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ Jyoti Basu (1998). Documents of the Communist Movement in India: 1971-72. National Book Agency. p. 437. ISBN 978-81-7626-019-0.
- ^ The Telegraph - Calcutta : Bengal
- ^ The Hindu : National : Life-term for MLA
- ^ PROBODH PURKAIT versus STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS: Judgment of the Supreme Court of India