MANPREET 2026:CGHC:12088-DB KAUR MANPREET KAUR Date: 2026.03.17

11:40:13 +0530 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRA No. 1511 of 2025 Nabi Alam Khan S/o Altalf Hussain Aged About 51 Years R/o Bharat Nagar, Jhanda Chowk Police Station Gudiyari, Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh ... Appellant(s)

versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Police Station Gudiyari Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s)

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Awadh Tripathi, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Sourabh Sahu, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal , Judge Judgment on Board Per Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice

13.03.2026

1. Heard Mr. Awadh Tripathi, learned counsel for the appellant as well as Mr. Sourabh Sahu, learned Panel Lawyer appearing for the State/respondent.

2. This criminal appeal under Section 14 A (1) of the Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 arises out of the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 03.07.2025 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge under Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) in Special Sessions Case No.53/2023, whereby the accused-

appellant has been convicted and sentenced as under :-

3. Prosecution story in brief is that on 05.12.2024 the victim appeared at Police Station Gudhiyari, Raipur and submitted a written complaint stating that she was residing as a tenant in the house of Loknath Maharaj near Murra Bhatti, Jyoti School. During that period, the accused had come to the said house for installation of a grill. On being asked by the landlady, the victim prepared tea for the accused and his worker, during which she was introduced to the accused. The victim informed the accused that she was in search of suitable employment, upon which the accused stated that he required a female worker and provided her with the address of his shop.

4. It is further the case of the prosecution that while searching for employment, the victim reached the shop of the accused situated at Jagannath Chowk, where she was engaged for work such as taking orders for steel materials and maintaining attendance of labourers. After about one to two weeks, the accused allegedly proposed that since the victim travelled from a distant place, he could arrange a rented accommodation for her near Murra Bhatti through his acquaintance.

Accordingly, the accused arranged a rented house for the victim.

5. The prosecution further alleges that on 15.06.2022 at about 2:30 PM, when the victim was alone in the shop and no other workers were present, the accused came, closed the shutter and expressed his intention to keep her in a relationship, assuring to fulfil her needs and treat her like his wife. It is alleged that on the pretext of marriage and by inducement, the accused established physical relations with the victim against her will. Thereafter, he allegedly continued to visit the rented house of the victim and forcibly established physical relations with her, and on her resistance, assaulted her, due to which she did not disclose the incidents to anyone out of fear.

6. It is also alleged that on 20.05.2023, when the victim became pregnant, she informed the accused and insisted on marriage. The accused allegedly asked her to wait and administered certain medicines (Arbasan) to terminate the pregnancy, promising to marry her later. The prosecution further alleges that the accused continued physical relations with the victim and avoided marriage. On 09.09.2023, he allegedly again visited the rented house of the victim and forcibly established physical relations despite her refusal and ultimately refused to marry her. On the basis of the said written complaint, Crime No. 402/2023 was registered at Police Station Gudhiyari, Raipur. After completion of investigation, charge-sheet was filed before the competent Court.

7. Thereafter, charges under Section 376(2)(k)(n) of the Indi