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03-12-2025 12-02-2026 - 12-02-2026 AFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR Judgment reserved on : 03-12-2025 Judgment delivered on : 12-02-2026 CRA No. 602 of 2007 Sanjay Kumar Sharma S/o Late Gourishanker Sharma, aged about 39 years, SDO (Phone)-2, BSNL, Bilaspur, R/o Chandravihar Colony, Near Holy Cross School, Mangla Road, Bilaspur, Tahsil and Distt.

Bilaspur (C.G.)

... Appellant versus Union Of India Through Central Bureau of Investigation, Jabalpur (M.P.)

... Respondent For Appellant : Mr. Vivek Sharma, Advocate.

For Respondent : Mr. Vaibhav A. Goverdhan, Advocate Hon'ble Smt. Justice Rajani Dubey

CAV Judgment

The appellant in this appeal calls in question the legality and validity of the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 12^th July, 2007 passed by Special Judge, Central Investigation Bureau, Raipur in Special Criminal Case No.49/2004 whereby the appellant stands convicted and sentenced as under:

Both the sentences were directed to run concurrently.

02. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the accused/appell