2025:CGHC:57041 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRA No. 1834 of 2022 Chanakya @ Dilip Sharma S/o Late Virendra Sharma Aged About 27 Years R/o Kodatarai, Khadiya Mohalla, Chouki Jutmill, Tahsil Pusour, District Raigarh (C.G.)

... Appellant(s)

versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Police Station Kotwali, Outpost-Jutmill, Raigarh, District Raigarh (C.G.)

... Respondent(s)

For Appellant(s) : Mr. Hemant Kumar Sahu and Mr. Syed Afaque Jhussain Rizvi, Advocates.

For Respondent(s) : Ms. Smriti Shrivastava, Panel Lawyer.

Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Judgment on Board

24/11/2025

1. This appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 20.10.2022 passed by the Court of the learned Sessions Judge, Raigarh, District – Raigarh (C.G.)

passed in Session Trial No.12/2022, whereby the appellant has been convicted and sentenced in following manner :-

2. Case of the prosecution is that on 28.08.2021, the complainant Sukhdev Singh (P.W.-01), driver of a looted Hyva truck, was transporting the vehicle from Chandrapur to D.B. Power Plant, Tundri. Due to a no-entry restriction in Raigarh city, he parked the vehicle near Patelpali at aro