2026:CGHC:11387-DB RAGHVENDRA D si i g g n it e a d l l b y y AFR JAT RAGHVENDRA JAT HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR ACQA No. 101 of 2014 • State of Chhattisgarh Through SHO, P.S. Mohan Nagar, Distt.

Durg C.G. , Chhattisgarh.

... Appellant(s)

versus

1. Sanjeev Dhawan @ Monu Dhawan And Anr. S/o Purushottam Lal Aged About 31 Years R/o Lodna, Ps Lodna, T.P.O., Dhanbad, Distt. Dhanbad Jh, Jharkhand.

2. Ranjeet Paswan S/o Mohan Paswan Aged About 32 Years R/o Lodna, Ps Lodna, T.P.O., Dhanbad, Distt. Dhanbad Jh, District :

Dhanbad, Jharkhand ... Respondent(s)

For Appellant(s)/State : Mr. Sangharsh Pandey, Government Advocate.

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Arvind Dubey, Advocate.

DB: Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay S. Agrawal and Hon'ble Shri Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad Judgment on Board Per Amitendra Kishore Prasad , J .

10/03/2026

1. This acquittal appeal has been preferred by the appellant/State against the judgment dated 19.8.2013 passed by the learned 1^st Additional Sessions Judge, Durg, District-Durg, (C.G.), in S.T. No. 86/2012 by which respondents herein has been acquitted of the charges punishable under Section 302/34 of IPC.

2. Brief facts of the case, is that, the deceased Rajkumari Maggo, who was the grandmother of the accused Sanjeev Dhawan, was the head of the household and resided in her house situated at Mohan Nagar along with the other deceased persons, namely her son Ravi Maggo, her granddaughter Kumari Reema Maggo, and her grandson/ alleged deceased Deepak. The deceased Rajkumari had great affection for the accused Sanjeev Dhawan, who is the son of her daughter Kanchan, and owing to such affection, the accused frequently visited her from his village and spent time conversing with her. During the course of such interactions, the accused allegedly misled the deceased by weaving deceptive stories and induced her to part with a substantial amount of money on the pretext of establishing a source of employment. Believing the assurances given by the accused and trusting him as her grandson, the deceased Rajkumari agreed to his request and, in order to financially assist him, mortgaged/sold her plot and advanced a sum of approximately Rs. 18 lakhs to the accused Sanjeev Dhawan as a loan for the purpose of setting up a plant. It is alleged that with the said amount, the accused established a water pouch manufacturing factory and, in the initial stages, in order to maintain the confidence of the deceased and avoid any suspicion, he used to remit certain amounts into her bank account in the form of installments. However, subsequently, either due to a change in his financial circumstances, alleged losses incurred in the factory, or due to a dishonest intention developing on his part, the accused stopped sending any further payments and began contemplating ways to evade repayment of the loan amount. Meanwhile, the deceased Rajkumari had fixed the marriage of her granddaughter, the deceased Kumari Reema Maggo, and on account of the impending marriage she was in urgent need of money, due to which she repeatedly demanded that the accused Sanjeev Dhawan return the amount advanced to him. The accused, however, continued to avoid repayment by making various excuses. According to the prosecution, the accused apprehended that the deceased Rajkumari would continue to exert pressure upon him for the return of the money and that such persistent demands might ultimately expose the truth. With the intention of preventing the matter from coming to light and freeing himself from the liability of repayment, the accused allegedly conceived a plan to eliminate his grandmother. In furtherance of this plan, the accused Sanjeev Dhawan is stated to have involved his associate Ranjit Paswan in the conspiracy and persuaded him to assist in carrying out the act, and prior to the date of the incident, both of them allegedly proceeded from Dhanbad, Jharkhand, towards Durg with the intention of executing their plan. Before reaching Durg, the accused Sanjeev Dhawan