Shravan Prasad @ Shravan Kumar vs State of Bihar

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2023 Supreme(Pat) 1084

CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH, G. ANUPAMA CHAKRAVARTHY
Shravan Prasad @ Shravan Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant : M/s Ajay Kumar Thakur, Vaishnavi Singh, Ritwik Thakur, Arun Kumar Singh.
For the Respondent: Ms. Shashi Bala Verma, APP.

Gunnu Anupama Chakravarthy, J.—This criminal appeal has been preferred against judgment of conviction dated 04.12.2021 and order of sentence dated 08.12.2021 passed by the Learned Exclusive Special Judge (POCSO Act)-cum-7th Additional Sessions Judge, Gaya in POCSO Case No. 57 of 2018 (arising out of Mahkar PS Case No. 109 of 2018). By the judgment and order aforesaid, the appellant has been convicted and sentenced as under:—

Cr. Appeal (D.B.) No. 139 of 2022

Convicted under	Sections	Imprisonment	Sentence Fine (Rs.)	In default of fine
Shravan Prasad @ Shravan Kumar	4 of the POCSO Act	RI for life	Rs. 25,000/-	SI for six months
	376(1) of the IPC	No separate sentence

2. As the matter relates to Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the POCSO Act, we are of the considered view that the names of the victim or the parents of the victim shall not be disclosed in the judgment in order to safeguard the identity of the victim girl as per the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court.

3. We have heard Mr. Ajay Kumar Thakur, learned counsel for the appellant and Ms. Shashi Bala Verma, learned APP for the State.

4. The criminal case was set into motion basing

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2023 Supreme(Pat) 1084

CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH, G. ANUPAMA CHAKRAVARTHYShravan Prasad @ Shravan Kumar – AppellantVersusState of Bihar – Respondent

CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH, G. ANUPAMA CHAKRAVARTHY
Shravan Prasad @ Shravan Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent