Digitally signed by ANURADHA ANURADHA TIWARI TIWARI Date: 1

2026.02.03

18:07:00 +0530

2026:CGHC:5903-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRA No. 1282 of 2023 Jagsingh Uikey S/o Late Jaylal Uikey Aged About 45 Years R/o Murnar Awaspara, P.S. Koylibeda, District North Bastar Kanker Chhattisgarh ... Appellant versus State of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Police Station, Koylibeda District North Bastar Kanker Chhattisgarh ... Respondent (Cause-title taken from Case Information System)

For Appellant : Ms. K. Tripti Rao, Advocate For State/Respondent : Mr. Priyank Rathi, Government Advocate Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal , Judge Judgment on Board Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

03.02.2026

1. Heard Ms. K. Tripti Rao, learned counsel for the appellant as well as Mr. Priyank Rathi, learned Government Advocate, appearing for the State/respondent.

2. This criminal appeal is filed by the appellant/accused under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, ‘Cr.P.C.’) is directed against the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 21.02.2023 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bhanupratappur, District North Bastar Kanker (C.G.) in Sessions Case No. 33 of 2019, by which the appellant has been convicted for the offence punishable under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘IPC’) and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life with fine amount of Rs.2,000/-, in default of payment of fine, additional rigorous imprisonment for 02 months and rigorous imprisonment for 03 years with fine amount of Rs.1,000/-, in default of payment of fine, additional rigorous imprisonment for 01 month, respectively, with a further direction to run both the sentences concurrently.

3. The prosecution case, as unfolded before the trial Court, is that on

15.07.2019 at about 6:30 p.m., the applicant/informant, Ms. Rajmani Uikey (PW-09), daughter of the accused Jagsingh Uikey and the deceased Havanbai, appeared at Police Station Koylibeda along with Gaurakhlal Kaushal (PW-01) and Khemraj Mandavi (PW-05), and lodged an oral report. In her statement, PW-09 disclosed that on the date of the incident, she was present at her house along with her father Jagsingh Uikey and her mother Havanbai. Her younger brother had gone out to play. At around 10:30 a.m., her father was under the influence of alcohol, as was his usual habit. The accused asked her to leave the house and attend to some work. Consequently, she took the goats to a place about 100–150 metres away and returned shortly thereafter.

4. Upon returning, she found that the door of the house was locked from inside and could hear her parents quarrelling. From inside the house, her father was shouting and accusing her mother of having an illicit relationship, stating words to the effect that she already had a husband and children and questioning her sense of shame. PW-09 attempted to open the door, but it was bolted from inside. At about 11:00 a.m., the door was opened and her father came out carrying a tangia, which was stained with blood. He told her to run away. Out of fear, she ran from the spot.

5. After some time, when PW-09 returned and attempted to enter the house, the accused told her that he had killed her mother and that she could do whatever she wanted. She then went towards the village to seek help, but found no one present. When she returned again and tried to go inside the house, the accused again warned her not to enter and stated that her mother was dead and that he had killed her with a sickle. At about 4:00 p.m., when villagers arrived at the spot, PW-09 narrated the incident to them. She further stated that her parents frequently quarrelled, that her father was addicted to alcohol, and that he habitually suspected her mother of infidelity. According to her, it was the accused Jagsingh Uikey who had assaulted and killed her mother Havanbai by striking her with a sick