2026:CGHC:11829-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRA No. 1441 of 2022 Santosh Kudiyam S/o Shri Peesa Kudiyam Aged About 25 Years R/o Village Dugoli, Thana Naimed, District - Bijapur, (C.G.)

... Appellant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Police Station, Naimed, District - Bijapur, (C.G.)

---- Respondent (Cause title taken from Case Information System)

For Appellant : Mr. Vikash A. Shrivastava, Advocate For Respondent/State : Mr. Priyank Rathi, Govt. Advocate Hon'ble Shr i Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri R avindra Kumar Agrawal , Judge Judgement on Board Per Ramesh Sinha, C.J.

12/03/2026

1. The present appeal under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short ‘CRPC’) has been filed by the appellant against impugned judgement of conviction and sentence dated Digitally signed by 10.08.2022 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge (FTC), VED VED PRAKASH PRAKASH DEWANGAN

DEWANGAN Date: South Bastar, Dantewada, in Special Sessions Case No. 12 of 2020,

2026.03.17

+0530

whereby the appellant has been convicted and sentenced as under:-

CONVICTION SENTENCE R.I. for seven years and fine of Rs. 5000/-, U/S 363 of I.P.C. in default of payment of fine amoun