High Court upholds acquittal of Ayurved officer in alleged Lokayukt trap, State’s appeal dismissed
The Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur on 17 October 2025 dismissed the State’s appeal against the acquittal of Dr. Nirwan Kumar Tiwari, then Superintendent-cum-District Ayurved Officer, in a corruption prosecution arising from a Lokayukt trap carried out in July 1997. The court in a carefully reasoned CAV judgment by Justice Radhakishan Agrawal found that the…
