2025:CGHC:57704-DB NAFR ROHIT KUMAR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CHANDRA Digitally signed CRA No. 1531 of 2024 by ROHIT KUMAR CHANDRA Satyanarayan Rajwade @ Sundur S/o Ramjatan Rajwade Aged About 24 Years R/o Village- Lahpatra (Akhra Tikrapara), Police Station-

Lakhanpur, District- Sarguja, C.G.

... Appellant versus State of Chhattisgarh Through - Station House Officer, Police Station-

Lakhanpur, District- Sarguja, C.G.

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

For Appellant : Mr. Anmol Sharma, Advocate For Respondent/State : Mr. Soumya Rai, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru , Judge Judgment on Board Per Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice

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1. This criminal appeal under Section 415 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘BNSS’) is directed against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 28.06.2024 passed by the learned 1^st Additional Sessions Judge, Ambikapur, District – Sarguja (C.G.) in Sessions Trial No.49/2022, whereby the learned trial Court has convicted the appellant for offence punishable under Sections 302 of the IPC and sentenced him to undergo life i