2026:CGHC:4040-DB ASHOK NAFR SAHU Digitally signed by HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR ASHOK SAHU Date:

2026.01.23

17:23:17 +0530 CRA No. 1290 of 2019 {Arising out of judgment dated 29.07.2019 passed in Special Criminal Case No.129/2015 by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (F.T.C) Durg}

Dinesh Nirmalkar, S/o. Bisesar Nirmalkar, Aged About 23 Years, R/o. Village Tekari, Thana Vidhansabha, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh. ... Appellant versus State Of Chhattisgarh, Through Police Station- Bori, District Durg, Chhattisgarh.

... Respondent For Appellant : Mr. Deepak Jain, Advocate For Respondent : Mr. Amit Buxy, Dy. Govt. Advocate (Division Bench)

Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal Hon'ble Shri Arvind Kumar Verma Judgment on Board (23.01.2026)

Sanjay K. Agrawal, J.

1. This criminal appeal preferred by the appellant under Section

374(2) of Cr.P.C. is directed against the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 29.07.2019, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (F.T.C.) Durg in Special Criminal Case No.129/2015, by which the sole appellant herein has been convicted and sentenced as under :

2. Case of the prosecution, in short, is that, on 30.06.2015 at

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