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2026:CGHC:2635-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR ACQA No. 192 of 2019 State of Chhattisgarh, Through The Station House Officer, Police Station Katghora District Korba Chhattisgarh., District : Korba, Chhattisgarh ...Appellant versus Rakesh Kumar Sarthi, S/o Chatarpal Sarthi, Aged About 21 Years, R/o Village Puchapara, P.S. Katghora, District : Korba, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent For State/Appellant : Ms. Nandkumari Kashyap, PL For Respondent : Mr. Vikash Pandey, Advocate.

Hon’ble Smt. Justice Rajani Dubey, J.

Hon’ble Shri Justice Radhakishan Agarwal, J.

Judgment on Board Per , Rajani Dubey, J.

16/01/2026

1. This acquittal appeal has been preferred by the State/appellant against the impugned judgment of acquittal dated 31.07.2018 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Katghora, District- Korba (C.G.) in case of “State of Chhattisgarh Vs. Rakesh Kumar Sarthi”, whereby the accused/respondent has been acquitted of the charge under Section

376 of IPC. Hence, this appeal.

2. Brief facts of the case as adumbrated are that the prosecutrix (PW-1)

on 17.02.2017, when she was going to the house of her elder sister, situated in the same colony at village