Advocates:
['D JANGDE', 'RS SAHOO', '', 'K M ANSARI', 'MAHENDRA KUMAR CHOUHAN', 'SOFIA KHAN', 'A G']

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NAFR

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR

Criminal Appeal No.552 of 2003

Meghnath Sahu, S/o Bedram Sahu,

aged about 35 years, R/o Village

Gondri, P.S. Patharia, Distt. Bilaspur

---- Appellant

Versus

State of Chhattisgarh through Police

Station Patharia, Distt. Bilaspur (CG)

---- Respondent

For Appellant:

Ms. Sofia Khan, Advocate.

For Respondent/State:

Shri B. Gopa Kumar, Dy. Advocate

General with Shri Neeraj Kumar Mehta,

Panel Lawyer.

Hon'ble The Chief Justice

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy

Judgment on Board

Per

Navin Sinha, Chief Justice

11/08/2015

1.

The Appellant stands convicted to life imprisonment under Section

302 IPC read with Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and

Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred

to as ‘the Act’) with fine of Rs.300 and Rs.200 respectively, in the event of

failure to pay which, he was required to undergo further one month's

simple imprisonment as ordered on 15.3.2003 by the Special Judge,

Bilaspur in Special Case No.17/2002.

2.

The deceased, Gopal Das Kotwar was assaulted by the Appellant

on 1.11.2001 at 17.30 hours. First Information Report (FIR), Exhibit P