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12:24:29 +0530 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRA No. 330 of 2017

1 - Guddu @ Shivdayal S/o Gajanand Suryawanshi, Aged About 45 Years R/o Jarhabata, Police Station Civil Line, Tahsil And District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh., Chhattisgarh --- Appellant(s)

versus

1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through S.H.O. Civil Line Bilaspur, District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh., Chhattisgarh --- Respondent(s)

CRA No. 282 of 2023

1 - Narad Suryawanshi S/o Late Deendayal Suryawanshi, Aged About 38 Years R/o Near Jatiya Talab Jarhabhata, Tahsil And District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.

---Appellant(s)

Versus

1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through S.H.O. Civil Line Bilaspur, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

--- Respondent(s)

For Appellant(s) : Mr. Raj Kumar Gupta, Advocate.

For Respondent/State : Mr. Dharmesh Shrivastava, Dy. Advocate General.

For Complainant/Objector: Mr. Ajay Chandra, Advocate.

Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge

Order on Board

Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

15/01/2026

1. Both these appeals arise out of the same crime number and the same incident; therefore, they are being heard and decided together.

2. The Criminal Appeal no. 330/2017 filed by the appellant Guddu alias Shiv Dayal against the impugned judgment of conviction and sentence dated 28.01.2017, passed by learned First Additional Sessions Judge, Bilaspur in Sessions Case No. 151/2005, whereby the appellant Guddu alias Shiv Dayal has been convicted and sentenced in the following manner with a direction to run all the jail sentence run concurrently:

direction to run all the jail sentence run concurrently:

direction to run all the jail sentence run concurrently:

direction to run all the jail sentence run concurrently:

direction to run all the jail sentence run concurrently:

direction to run all the jail sentence run concurrently:

direction to run all the jail sentence run concurrently:

direction to run all the jail sentence run concurrently:

direction to run all the jail sentence run concurrently:

direction to run all the jail sentence run concurrently:

3. The Criminal appeal No. 282/2023 filed by the appellant Narad Suryavanshi against the impugned judgment of conviction and sentence dated 23.01.2023, passed by learned First Additional Sessions Judge, Bilaspur in Sessions Case No. 151/2005, whereby the appellant Narad Suryavanshi has been convicted and sentenced in the following manner with a direction to run all the jail sentence run concurrently:

4. On 26.11.2004 at about 20:00-20:30 hours, the deceased Ramu alias Ramkumar was murdered, and four other persons were injured by the accused persons with an axe, rod, iron pipe, etc. The FIR Ex.P/8 was registered against the 11 accused persons, including the present appellants, at the time of filing of the charge-sheet 05 accused persons, namely Mohan, Ramkushal, Daraslal, Narad Suryavanshi and Ganesh, were arrested, and a charge-sheet was filed against them. At that time, the other co- accused persons, namely Sharad, Chota alias Ram Dayal, Guddu alias Shiv Dayal, Sita Bai, Devki Bail and Sarita Bai were absconding, and a charge-sheet was filed against them showing them as absconding. During the trial, the accused Guddu alias Shiv Dayal was arrested on 04.08.2005, and a trial against him was also carried out. After the conclusion of the trial, the learned trial Court has acquitted all the accused persons of the alleged offences vide its judgment dated 10.08.2006.

5. The judgment of acquittal dated 10.08.2006, passed by the learned First Additional Sessions Judge, Bilaspur, in Sessions Case No. 151/2005, was challenged by one of the injured, namely Badri Prasad Garhewal PW-7/PW-3, before the High Court by filing Criminal Revision No. 618/2006.

6. During the pendency of the Criminal Revision No. 618/2006, the other absconding accused persons, namely Sharad, Chota alias Ram Dayal, Smt. Sita Bai, Smt. Devki Bai and Smt. Sarita