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2026:CGHC:23069

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by SAGRIKA

SAGRIKA AGRAWAL

AGRAWAL D 20a 2te 6: .05.19 NAFR

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HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

CRMP No. 959 of 2026

1 - Nanhoo @ Satyanarayan S/o Ram Khelawan Verma Aged About 26 Years

Occupation Private Service, R/o Katiyapra, Behind Santoshi Mandir, Ps City

Kotwali, Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh)

2 - Chitra Kumar S/o Ram Khilawan Verma Aged About 39 Years Occupation-

House Painter, R/o Katiyapra, Behind Santoshi Mandir, Ps City Kotwali,

Bilaspur (C.G.)

3 - Rajendra Kumar S/o Ram Khelawan Verma Aged About 30 Years

Occupation- Electric Contractor, R/o Katiyapra, Behind Santoshi Mandir, Ps

City Kotwali, Bilaspur (C.G.)

4 - Sanjay Verma S/o Baiju Verma Aged About 19 Years Occupation-

Labourer Job, R/o House No. 92, Yadunandan Nagar, Ps Civil Line, Bilaspur

(C.G.)

5 - Prakash Verma S/o Shri Markand Verma Aged About 22 Years Occupation

- Agriculture, R/o Village- Jalaso, Ps Koni, Bilaspur (C.G.)

... Petitioner(s)

versus

1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Office In Charge Police Station- Bilaspur,

District- Bilaspur (C.G.)

... Respondent(s)

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Dheerendra Pandey, Advocate

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Rohan Shukla, Panel Lawyer

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Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal

Order on Board

14/05/2026

1.

The present Criminal Miscellaneous Petition has been filed by the

petitioners under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita,

2023 for extension of time to deposit the fine amount in compliance of

the judgment dated 20.08.2024 passed by this Court in Cr.A No.

259/2006.

2.

The brief facts of the case are that the petitioners had preferred a

criminal appeal bearing CRA No. 259/2006 before this Court

challenging their judgment of conviction and sentence dated

30.03.2006 passed by learned 8^th Addl. Sessions Judge, FTC, Bilaspur

in Sessions Case No. 314/2005 whereby the petitioners have been

convicted for the offence under Sections 148, 458/149, 427/149,

324/149 and 325/149 of IPC and Sentenced the maximum period of

sentence of three years with fine. The said criminal appeal was

decided by this Court on 20.08.2024 by maintaining conviction of the

petitioners/ appellants, however, the sentence was awarded to them for

the period already undergone by them and the fine amount was

enhanced to Rs. 8000/- to each of the petitioners/ appellants in

addition to whatever the fine amount awarded by the learned trial

Court. It was also directed by the judgment dated 20.08.2024 that the

fine amount shall be deposited by the petitioners/ appellants within a

further period of three months from today i.e. the date of passing of the

judgment and failing which the appellants/ petitioners shall further

undergo R.I for two months. It was also ordered that on being so

deposited the fine amount, the sum of Rs. 15,000/- shall be paid to the

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victim Mahaveer and Rs. 24,000/- shall be paid to all other victims i.e.

Jairam, Shivram, Dukala Bai, Ramgopal, Jalia Bai and Jamuna Bai in

equal proportion (Rs. 4000/- to each) as compensation. The petitioners

could not deposit the said amount of fine awarded by this Court and

therefore, they filed the present petition for extension of time to deposit

the same.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners

are the daily wages workers and they had gone to earn their livelihood

out of the state and due to their poverty they were under compulsion to

go outside of the state to earn their livelihood. Since, they had gone to

earn their livelihood, there is a delay in paying the fine amount and

therefore, they have filed the present petition for extension of time. He

would further submit that the delay in payment of fine amount is bona

fide as the same relates to their livelihood. Therefore, the time may be

extended to deposit the fine amount. In support of his submission, he

would rely upon the judgment passed by Coordinate Bench of this

Court in CrMP No. 405/2025 (Chakradhari Singh Vs. State of C.G.)

order dated 12.02.2025 and CrMP No. 745/2025 (Jay Kumar Vs. State

of C.G.), order