2025:CGHC:58800-DB MANPREET KAUR NAFR Digitally signed by MANPREET KAUR Date: 2025.12.05 11:23:03 +0530 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRA No. 1201 of 2021 Pawan Puri Goswami Firangi Puri Goswami Aged About 29 Years R/o Village Athulkapa, P.S. Bilha, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh, Present Address Village Hathmudi, P.S. Bemetara, District Bemetara Chhattisgarh.

... Appellant(s)

versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through S.H.O., P.S. Bilha, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

... Respondent(s)

For Appellant(s) : Mr. Anand Kumar Gupta, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Shailendra Sharma, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru , Judge Judgment on Board Per Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice

04.12.2025

1. Heard Mr. Anand Kumar Gupta, learned counsel for the appellant. Also heard Mr. Shailendra Sharma, learned Panel Lawyer, appearing for the respondent/State.

2. This criminal appeal is preferred under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, ‘Cr.P.C.’) is directed against the impugned judgment dated 07.09.2021 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Second Fast Track Special Court, Bilaspur, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) in Spe