2025:CGHC:12692 AFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR Criminal Appeal No.774 of 2021 Subhash Ekka S/o Prakash Ekka Aged About 21 Years By Caste- Uraon, R/o Village- Kunkuri, Darrapara, Police Station-Patthalgaon, District-

Jashpur, Chhattisgarh.

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

Patthalgaon, District- Jashpur, Chhattisgarh.

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For Appellant : Mr. Amit Singh Chauhan, Advocate For Respondent-State : Ms. Laxmeen Kashyap, Panel Lawyer -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hon'ble Shri Arvind Kumar Verma, Judge Judgment on Board

17.03.2025

1. The appellant has filed the instant appeal under Section 374 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (henceforth ‘the Cr.P.C.') questioning the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 11.02.2021 (Annexure A-1) passed in Special ST No.28/2019 by which the learned Special Judge, Patthalgaon, (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012) (henceforth ‘the POCSO'), District Jashpur (C.G.) has

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