2024:CGHC:31332 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR CRA No. 266 of 2022 Suresh Patel S/o Shri Dirba Ram Patel Aged About 52 Years R/o Village- Bhiravahi Police Outstation- Kachche, Thana-

Bhanupratappur, District North Bastar Kanker (Chhattisgarh).

... Appellant versus State of Chhattisgarh Through The District Magistrate Kanker, District- North Bastar Kanker (Chhattisgarh).

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For Appellant : Mr. Sunil Sahu, Advocate For State/Respondent : Mr. Mayur Khandelwal, PL _______________________________________________________

Hon'ble Shri Justice Arvind Kumar Verma Judgment On Board

20/08/2024

1. The appellant has filed the instant appeal under Section 374 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (henceforth ‘the Cr.P.C.') questioning the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 17.12.2021 passed by the learned Special Judge {Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act}, North Bastar, Kanker (C.G.) in Special Criminal Case No.15/2020, whereby the appellant convicted and sentenced as under :-