2025:CGHC:58681 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRA No. 51 of 2022 Vaman Joshi, S/o Tilakram Joshi, Aged About 23 Years R/o Village Torla, Police Station Gobra Navapara, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

... Appellant versus State Of Chhattisgarh, Through The Police Station Gobra Navapara, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

... Respondent For Appellant : Ms. Madhunisha Singh, Advocate For Respondent/State : Ms. Prabha Sharma, Panel Lawyer (Hon’ble Shri Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi)

Judgment on Board

03/12/2025

1. This criminal appeal has been preferred under Section 374(2) of the CrPC against judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 17.12.2021 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, First Fast Track Special Court, Raipur, (CG) in Special Criminal Case No.188/2019, whereby the learned Special Judge, after holding the appellant guilty, convicted and sentenced him in the following manner:-

Digitally signed by BINI BINI PRADEEP PRADEEP Date:

2025.12.04

17:09:51 +0530

2. The prosecution story in brief is that on 28.10.2019 at about 6.30 दि(cid:2)या

pm, when the minor victim (PW-1) went to light lamp ( ) at Jaitkham Sthamb (place of worship), that time, the appellant came from be