IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE PRADEEP MITTAL

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ON THE 10 OF FEBRUARY, 2026 CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 395 of 2009 RAJU KUSHWAHA AND OTHERS Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Appearance:

Shri Mukesh Pandey - Advocate for appellant.

Shri Atma Ram Bain - Government Advocate for respondent/State.

ORDER This Criminal Appeal has been preferred under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 by the appellants challenging the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 28.01.2009 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Panna, District Panna (M.P.), whereby the appellants were convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 325/34 and 323/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months and simple imprisonment for one month respectively along with fine, with default stipulations.

2. Brief facts giving rise to the present appeal are that the incident in question occurred in the year 2008 at village Magraila Khurd. The prosecution case reveals that the dispute between the parties arose out of a petty and trivial issue relating to taking of vegetables, which suddenly escalated into a qu