Citation : 2006 Local Law (CG) 239 A Rajnandgaon man convicted for allegedly carrying country-made liquor has been acquitted by the High Court after the court found serious gaps in the prosecution’s case and non-compliance with mandatory excise procedures. The ruling overturns a 2005 conviction under Section 34(1)(a) of the Chhattisgarh Excise Act and frees…
Citation : 2006 Local Law (CG) 297 : 2006(1)CGLJ353 The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of four men found guilty of murdering college student Preeti Shrivastava in 1998. The court affirmed the trial court’s verdict delivered by the Sessions Judge of Sarguja, rejecting all appeals filed by the accused and…
Citation : 2006 Local Law (CG) 98 The Chhattisgarh High Court has overturned a lower court’s decision to consolidate two sessions trials arising from the same killing and directed that the matters be tried separately, one after the other, by the same judge. Writing for the court, Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha allowed a petition by…
Citation : 2006 Local Law (CG) 35 A court today upheld the conviction of a man found carrying a regzine bag containing nearly eight kilograms of ganja, rejecting his arguments about procedural lapses and shortcomings in the prosecution’s evidence. The appeal challenged a trial court’s verdict dated 13 February 2004, which had convicted the accused…
Citation : 2006 Local Law (CG) 300 On 18 September 1996, a Naxalite force of some 35–40 fighters stormed the Manpur police station in Raipur range. The station officer, Sub-Inspector R.P. Katiyar, and his men exchanged fire, but amid gunfire and a grenade blast a constable who was quartered nearby announced over a loudspeaker that…