[2026:RJ-JD:2578]

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S.B. Criminal Appeal (Sb) No. 44/2025 Narender Singh S/o Shri Kashmir Singh, Aged About 68 Years, R/o 18 B.b. Tehsil Padampur, Dist. Sriganganagar,raj.

----Appellant Versus

1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp

2. Jagdish S/o Shri Bhagirath, R/o 2 T.k. P.s. Muklawa, Tehsil Raisinghnagar, Dist. Sriganganagar,raj.

----Respondents For Appellant(s) : Mr. Hans Raj For Respondent(s) : Mr. Surendra Bishnoi, AGA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE FARJAND ALI

Judgment

14/01/2026

1. The present appeal has been instituted by the appellant– complainant invoking Section 372 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding to Section 372 of the erstwhile Code of Criminal Procedure), assailing the judgment and order dated 01.10.2024 passed by the Learned Additional Sessions Judge, Srikaranpur, District Sri Ganganagar, in Criminal Regular Appeal No. 01/2018 titled Jagdish vs. Narender Singh & Anr. By the impugned judgment, the appellate court partly allowed the appeal preferred by Respondent No.2–accused Jagdish, whereby the conviction recorded against him for the offence punishable under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code was affirmed, but