JUDGMENT :

SANJAY KAROL, J.

Leave Granted.

2. The appellant-Chaturbhuj Pradhan¹[For ease ‘CP’] is aggrieved by the fact that he has been ordered, concurrently, by the Courts below i.e., the First Additional Civil Judge, Class -II, Basna²[In Civil Suit No. 13A/2019, by Order dated 21st September 2019] and the learned Single Judge of the High Court of Chattisgarh at Bilaspur³[In WP227 No. 540 of 2021, by Order dated 16th June 2025], to undergo DNA test to determine the paternity of the first respondent⁴[For ease, ‘Amar’], and has challenged the same before us in these proceedings.

3. The sequence of events triggering this appeal is that Amar is the son of the second respondent. The former claims to be the son of CP born on 10th September 1999 as a result of consensual relations between his mother and CP that took place in January 1999. The latter, while denying this, relies on his acquittal⁵[Sessions Case No. 268/1999 by judgement dated 31st December 1999] in a case registered by the second respondent under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Beginning in 2003 and continuing until sometime in 2010, there were several instances of litigation inter se the parties concerning mainte