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2026:CGHC:6330

AFR

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

CRA No.308 of 2010

1 - Raju @ Anil Raijada S/o Shri Umsh Kumar, aged about 37 years,

R/o B.K. Nagar, Raipur Naka, GE Road, Rajnandgoan, District

Rajnandgaon (C.G.)

Appellant (s)

versus

1 - State Of Chhattisgarh through District Magistrate Durg (C.G.)

Respondent(s)

CRA No.733 of 2011

1 - Sanni Verma, S/o Manoj Verma, aged about 19 years, R/o

Tankapara, Rajnandgaon

2 – Neeraj Pancharya, S/o C.B. Pancharya, aged about 21 years, R/o

Station Para, Rajnandgaon

3 – Montu @ Daddu Dewangan, S/o Dawarka Dewangan, aged about

21 years, R/o Tankapara, Rajnandgaon

Appellant (s)

Versus

1 - State Of Chhattisgarh through Police Station Dewari, District Durg

(C.G.)

Respondent(s)

CRA No.293 of 2010

Digitally 1 - Rasul Siddiqui S/o Sheikh Goshmiya, aged about 38 years, R/o

signed

by R Dondilohara, District Durg (C.G.)

NIRALA

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Appellant (s)

Versus

1 - The State Of Chhattisgarh through SHO, PS Devri, District Durg

(C.G.)

Respondent(s)

CRA No.396 of 2010

1 - Rajaram Nishad, S/o Milan Nishad, aged about 20 years, R/o

Dondilohara, District Durg (C.G.)

Appellant (s)

Versus

1 – The State Of Chhattisgarh, through SHO, PS Devri, District Durg

(C.G.)

Respondent(s)

CRA No.405 of 2010

1 - Javed Khan S/o Noor Mohammed, aged about 23 years, R/o Rahul

Nagar, Ward No.29, Police Station Basantpur, District Rajnandgaon

(C.G.)

2 – Vishal Yadav, S/o Bisahu Ram Yadav, aged about 30 years, R/o

Villlage Mohbhattha, Police Station Lalbag, District Rajnandgaon (C.G.)

Appellant (s)

Versus

1 - State Of Chhattisgarh through Police Station Devri, District Durg

(C.G.)

Respondent(s)

For Appellant (s) : Mr. Chandresh Shrivastava, Adv in CRA Nos.308

& 405 of 2010, Mr. Neeraj Mehta, Adv in CRA

Nos.293 & 396 of 2010 and Mr. Anmol Gupta, Adv

on behalf of Ms. Vaishali Jeswani, Adv in CRA

No.733/2011

For Respondent(s) : Ms. Shubha Shrivastava, PL

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Hon’ble Smt. Justice Rajani Dubey

Judgment on Board

04/02/2026

1. Since all the appeals arise out of same crime number but having

two session trial numbers, as the appellants Sanni Verma, Neeraj

and Montu were absconding as such their appeals were decided

subsequently, therefore, these appeals have been clubbed

together, heard together and are being disposed of by a common

order.

2. The present appeals are directed against the judgment of

conviction and order of sentence dated 26.03.2010 passed by

the learned Additional Session Judge (FTC), Balod, District Durg

(C.G.) in Session Trial No.09/2008, whereby all the appellants

have been convicted under Sections 147, 323/149, 323/149, 506-

B, 450/149 & 364/149 of IPC and sentenced to undergo RI for 1

year, RI for 1 year, RI for 1 year, RI for 2 years, RI for 10 years &

RI for 10 years with default stipulations, whereas the appellants

Sanni Verma, Neeraj and Montu have been convicted vide

judgment dated 08.09.2011 passed by the learned Additional

Session Judge, Balod, District Durg in ST No.71/2011 for the

offence under Sections 147, 450, 506 (2), 323/149, 307/149 &

364/149 and sentenced to undergo RI for 1 year, RI for 10 years,

RI for 2 years, RI for 1 year, RI for 7 years & RI for 10 years with

default stipulations.

3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 18/10/2007 at about

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8.00 to 8.30 p.m. when the victim namely, Virendra Bahadur

Kashyap was in his house along with his wife Smt. Kiran

Kashyap in village Deori the accused persons namely; Raju,

Rasul Sıddiqui, Rajaram along with 9-10 friends forcibly entered

his house and they enquired from Kiran Kashyap about her

husband. Thereafter, the accused persons started abused the

victim and assaulted him with hand and fist. When the wife of the

victim resisted she was threatened by the accused persons with

dire consequences. Thereafter, they forcibly took away the victim

along with them and was taken to a farm house in village Rampur

situated at Dongargarh Road and was kept in hostage for the

entire night. According to the prosecution, the accused persons

assaulted the victim and on the next day the victim was taken to

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