2025:CGHC:60857 Digitally signed by AVANISH KUMAR PATHAK AFR Date:

2025.12.16

10:35:27 +0530 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRA No. 884 of 2022 Judgment Reserved on 4-11-2025 Judgment Pronounced on 15-12-2025 Rohit Chauhan S/o Mangal Chauhan Aged About 19 Years R/o Bhupdevpur, Police Station Bhupdevpur, District : Raigarh, Chhattisgarh ... Appellant versus The State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Police Station Bhupdevpur,, District :

Raigarh, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent (Cause title, as taken from CIS)

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For Appellant : Mr. Punit Ruparel, Advocate.

For Respondent : Ms. Prabha Sharma, Panel Lawyer.

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Hon'ble Mr. Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi CAV Judgement

1. Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 20.05.2022 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge/ Fast Track Special Court (POCSO), Raigarh, District Raigarh (C.G.) (henceforth referred to as ‘the FTSC’) in Special Criminal Case Under the POCSO Act No. 63/2019 whereby the appellant/accused has been convicted