Week: October 26 – October 31, 2025 1. Dowry-Death Conviction Upheld, Murder Charge Dropped Case: State of Chhattisgarh v. Pranjal Rathore’s Husband & Mother-in-LawBench: Division Bench – Oct 27, 2025Key Issue: Whether conviction for both murder (Sec. 302) and dowry death (Sec. 304-B IPC) could stand together.Held: The Court upheld conviction under Sec. 304-B but…
The Chhattisgarh High Court on Friday overturned a lower-court conviction in a decade-long murder case, acquitting two men who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of a woman in Rajnandgaon district. The Bench Justice Rajani Dubey and Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad set aside the trial court’s finding and granted the accused the…
The Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur has dismissed a State appeal challenging the acquittal of two men accused in a case that arose under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and related IPC provisions. The judgment, delivered by a division bench of Justices Sanjay S. Agrawal and Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal on October 30,…
The Chhattisgarh High Court allowed an appeal and acquitted a former police clerk, finding that the prosecution had not proved beyond reasonable doubt that his acts amounted to criminal negligence leading to a death in custody. The appeal concerned the death of 25-year-old Santu (Satudas) Janghel, who was found hanging in the lock-up of Ghumka…
Citation : 2006 Local Law (CG) 119 A High Court bench has overturned convictions in a long-running sexual offence appeal, ruling that the prosecution failed to prove the victim was a minor and that the accused occupied a dominating position under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The appeal stems from…
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 : 2004 Local Law (CG) 26 The Chhattisgarh High Court has overturned a decades-old conviction in a stark reminder of how fragile circumstantial cases can be when the links in the evidentiary chain are weak. In a judgment authored by Justice L.C. Bhadoo, the court set aside a life sentence imposed on a man…
Citation : 2003 Local Law (CG) 52 In a decision that underscored the limits of circumstantial proof, the Chhattisgarh High Court acquitted two men who had been convicted of murdering their employer after a truck driver’s crushed body was found near Khutaghat Dam. Justice L.C. Bhadoo set aside the life sentences and fines imposed by…
Citation : 2003 Local Law (CG) 30 The Chhattisgarh High Court has overturned a trial court conviction and acquitted two men, Nehru and Sainiklal, in the murder of farmer Ramlal, finding the prosecution’s circumstantial case inadequate to meet the high standard required for conviction. The case began after Ramlal failed to return from his field…
Citation : 2001 Local Law (CG) 47 The Chhattisgarh High Court has set aside earlier convictions under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act after finding serious gaps in the prosecution’s handling of seized evidence. In a judgment delivered by Justice R.S. Garg, the court overturned a 1999 trial court conviction that had sentenced Savitri…