2026:CGHC:20396-DB ALOK SHARMA Date: 2026.05.05 CRA No. 1165 of 2021

1 - Omprakash Deshmukh S/o Late Mohan Lal Deshmukh Aged About 23 Years R/o Village Gormarra, Police Station Suregaon, District Balod, Chhattisgarh., District : Balod, Chhattisgarh

2 - Chunni Bai Deshmukh W/o Late Mohan Lal Deshmukh Aged About 41 Years R/o Village Gormarra, Police Station Suregaon, District Balod, Chhattisgarh., District : Balod, Chhattisgarh ... Appellant(s)

versus

1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer Suregaon, District Balod, Chhattisgarh., District : Balod, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s)

For Appellant(s) : Mr. B. P. Singh, Advocate.

For Respondent/State : Mr. Sourabh Pande, Dy. Advocate General.

Hon'ble Shri Justice Ramesh Sinha, CJ Hon’ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J Judgment on Board

01/05/2026 Per, Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice.

1 The present appeal under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been filed by the appellants against the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 29.09.2021 passed by the learned First Additional Sessions Judge, Balod, District Balod (C.G.) in Sessions Trial No. 39/2019, whereby the appellants have been convicted