2026:CGHC:8984 NAFR Digitally signed INDRAJEET by INDRAJEET HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR SAHU SAHU Date: 2026.02.23 10:49:24 +0530 CRA No. 152 of 2022

1 - Golu @ Raj Marawi @ Rajkumar Marawi S/o Vijay Kumar Marawi Aged About 20 Years R/o Bhudwari Moholla, Ratanpur, Police Sation Ratanpur, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

... Appellant versus

1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through Police Chowki C.S.E.B. Police Station Kotwali, District Korba Chhattisgarh.

... Respondent(s)

For Appellant : Shri Pranjal Agrawal, Advocate.

For State : Shri Ashutosh Trivedi, Panel Lawyer.

Hon’ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J Judgment on Board

19.02.2026

1 The present appeal has been filed by the appellant against the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 06.01.2022 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge (FTC)/Special Court (POCSO) Korba in Special Criminal Case (POCSO) No.30/2018 whereby the appellant has been convicted and sentenced as under :

2 Brief facts of the case are that, on 10.10.2018 a missing report, Ex.P/4 was lodged at Police Outpost, CSEB, Korba by the father of victim that his minor daughter is missing since 07.10.2018 and her whereabouts could not be traced out