2026:CGHC:10095 NAFR Digitally signed by AKHILESH AKHILESH BEOHAR BEOHAR Date: HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

2026.02.27

17:03:38 +0530 ACQA No. 169 of 2012 • State of Chhattisgarh, Through - District Magistrate, Bemetara C.G.

...Appellant versus • Anil Sahu, S/o Krishna Murari Sahu, aged about 29 Years, R/o Village Murta, PS - Navagarh, Distt. - Bemetara C.G.

.. Respondent For Appellant : Mr. Narayan Prasad, Panel Lawyer.

For Respondent : None.

Hon’ble Shri Justice Radhakishan Agrawal Judgment on Board

26.02.2026

1. This acquittal appeal has been preferred by the State/Appellant against the judgment dated 13.03.2012 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bemetara, Revenue District Bemetara, Civil District Durg, Chhattisgarh, in Sessions Trial No.11/2012, whereby the learned trial Court acquitted the accused/respondent- Anil Sahu, of the charges under Sections 498-A and 306 of the Indian Penal Code (for short, “IPC”).

2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the deceased- Heeramani Sahu, was married to the accused/respondent about eight years prior to the incident. It is alleged that after the marriage, the accused/respondent subjected her to cruelty by assaulting her