Gajendra Verma, S/o. Shri Chaitram Verma vs State Of Chhattisgarh Through The District Magistrate Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh

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2026 Supreme(Chh) 74

IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
RAJANI DUBEY, AMITENDRA KISHORE PRASAD
Gajendra Verma, S/o. Shri Chaitram Verma – Appellant
Versus
State Of Chhattisgarh Through The District Magistrate Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant :Mr. Shashi Bhushan Tiwari, Advocate and Mr. Manish Sharma with Ms. Anshu Ratre, Advs.
For the Respondent: Mr. Ashish Shukla, Addl. AG.

JUDGMENT :

Rajani Dubey, J.

Since both these appeals arise out of the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 20.2.2015 passed by learned 6^th Additional Sessions Judge, Raipur in ST No.307/2013, they are being disposed of by this common judgment. By the impugned judgment, each of the appellants stands convicted & sentenced as under:

Both the sentences were directed to run concurrently.

02. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 25.7.2013 at around 3 am dead body of a female was found on the railway track, Tekari by the police which was identified by PW-1 Lalram Janghel as the body of his daughter Nandani Verma. On his report, Dehati Merg Ex.P/1 was registered. PW-1 informed that the deceased was married to accused Gajendra Verma and they were residing in a rented house at Tekari colony. On 24.7.2013 Gajendra informed him about missing of the deceased, so he came by train to Mandar and here he came to know that dead body of a female is lying on the railway track, Tekari. On 15.10.2013 Sub Inspector of Police Station – Vidhan Sabha along with staff went to Mandar Tekari in connection with enquiry into Merg No.30/2013 and upon enquiry from a hooligan namely Shakil Ahmad,