2026:CGHC:1728 RUKHSAR BANO NAFR RUKHSAR BANO Date: 2026.01.16 15:48:17 +0530 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRA No. 227 of 2023

1 - Bajman @ Rohan Netam S/o Saradu Netam, Aged About 42 Years R/o Village Bavdi, P.S. Kondagaon, District Kondagaon Chhattisgarh.

... Appellant versus

1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Station House Officer (Sho), P.S. Benoor, District Narayanpur Chhattisgarh.

... Respondent (Cause title taken from Case Information System)

For Appellant : Mr. Mohit Kumar, Advocate For State/Respondent : Mr. Pratik Tiwari, Panel Lawyer.

(Hon’ble Mr. Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi, J)

Judgment on Board

12/01/2026

1. This criminal appeal has been preferred by the appellant under Section

374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity ‘Cr.P.C.’) challenging the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 16.12.2022 passed by the learned Upper Sessions Judge, FTSC (POCSO), Kondagaon, District Kondagaon, Chhattisgarh (henceforth referred to as ‘Special Court) in POCSO Case No.34/2019, whereby the appellant has been convicted for the offence under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’) and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Off