JUDGMENT :

Sanjay K. Agrawal, J.

1. Invoking criminal appellate jurisdiction of this Court, the present criminal appeal under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short, 'CrPC') has been filed by the Appellant Jayram Salam calling in question the legality, validity and correctness of the Judgment and Order dated 9.9.2016 passed by Special Judge (N.I.A. Act/Scheduled Crime), Bastar, Jagdalpur (in short, ‘Trial Court’) in Sessions Case No.26/2015, while acquitting the other two accused persons, namely – Sanjay Hurra and Ramdhar Dhurwa, for the offences punishable under Sections 148/149, 307/149, 121/149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short, 'IPC') as well as under Sections 25(1A) and 27(2) of the Arms Act, 1959 (in short, ‘Arms Act’), has convicted the Appellant for the aforesaid offences and sentenced as under:-