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, upheld convictions in a violent 2020 assault at Bhatapara but substantially reduced the jail sentences imposed by the trial court, directing the immediate release of one accused and commuting the other’s remaining term to the time already served. The judgment, authored by Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi, stems from Criminal Revision Appeal…
Citation : 2018 Local Law (CG) 865 The Chhattisgarh High Court has affirmed the conviction of two men for abducting a student, attempting to kill him, and robbing him, while also directing compensation for the survivor who later lost his right leg below the knee. Justice Pritinker Diwaker dismissed the appeal against a judgment dated…
The Chhattisgarh High Court has set aside the conviction of a man found guilty of attempting to murder his father, ruling that the trial court’s findings were unsupported by reliable evidence. Justice R.S. Garg delivered the judgment while allowing the appeal filed by the accused, who had been sentenced to four years of rigorous imprisonment…