Digitally signed by SOURABH SOURABH PATEL PATEL Date:

1 2026.01.07

16:05:37 +0530

2026:CGHC:585-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRA No. 744 of 2017 (Arising out of judgment dated 31.01.2017 passed in Sessions Trial No. 56/2016 by the learned Sessions Judge, Jashpur, District-Jashpur)

1 - Jagnath S/o Sudhwa Kindo, Aged About 35 Years, Caste Urao, R/o Village Jhargaon Dumertoli Chowki Sonkyari, Police Station Sanna, District Jashpur, Chhattisgarh.

... Appellant versus

1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Police Station Jashpur, District Jashpur, Chhattisgarh.

... Respondent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

For Appellant : Mr. H.S. Ahluwalia, Advocate. For Respondent-State : Mr. G.L. Uikey, Panel Lawyer.

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DB: Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal and Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal Judgment on Board (06.01.2026)

Sanjay K. Agrawal , J .

(1) This criminal appeal filed by the appellant-accused, under Section 374(2) of Cr.P.C., is directed against the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 31.01.2017, passed by lear