2026:CGHC:18926-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR Shesh Narayan Pandey S/o Lt. Moti Ram Pandey Aged About 72 Years R/o Gerwa Ghat, Atal Awaas No. 31, Ps- Kotwali- Korba, Distt.- Korba (C.G.)

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versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Sho, Ps- Ajak/kotwali- Korba, Distt.- Korba, (C.G.)

... Respondent(s)

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For Appellant : Shri Ravish Verma, Advocate For Respondent/State : Shri Shashank Thakur, Addl AG ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hon'ble Shri Justice Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice & Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Judgment on Board Per Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J.

24.04.2026

1. Present appeal has been filed by the appellant under Section 415 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 r/w 14A(1)(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short, ‘SCST Act’), against the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 26.04.2017 passed by the learned Special Ju