Dismissed

State of Chhattisgarh v. Pramod Sahu

Chhattisgarh HC18 Jun 2019CRMP/875/2019

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What is this about?

The Chhattisgarh High Court dismissed a Criminal Miscellaneous Petition by the State seeking to challenge an acquittal. The court was not inclined to grant leave to appeal as the trial court did not suffer from any patent illegality. No serious allegations were admitted in this order.

What did the court decide?

Leave to appeal was denied and the Criminal Miscellaneous Petition (CRMP) was dismissed at the admission stage.

State of Chhattisgarh Vs Pramod Sahu — Criminal Trial and Appeal | Chhattisgarh HC (2019)

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NAFR

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HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR CRMP No. 875 of 2019

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State of Chhattisgarh through the Incharge Police Station Sankara District- Mahasamund (C.G.)

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Versus

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Pramod Sahu S/o Shyamlal, aged about 18 years, R/o. Village Bhagat Dewari, P.S. Sankara, District Mahasamund (C.G.)

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---- Respondent

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For Petitioner/State : Shri Subhash Yadav, Dy. G.A.

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DB : Hon'ble Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava

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Hon'ble Smt. Justice Rajani Dubey

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Order On Board by Hon'ble Smt. Justice Rajani Dubey

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18/06/2019

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Heard on I.A. No 1/2019 application for condonation of delay in filing the petition.

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Upon due consideration, the application is allowed.

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Delay is condoned.

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Also, heard on application for grant of leave to appeal.

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Application for grant of leave to appeal has been filed by the State in the matter of acquittal of respondent vide judgment dated 07.08.2018 passed in Special Criminal Case No. H-07/2018 by Additional Sessions Judge, Rajnandgaon (C.G.).

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Learned counsel for the State submits that on the serious allegation of committing rape of eight years old girl, the learned

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trial Court has acquitted the respondent on the ground that there is no clinching evidence adduced by the prosecution to connect the respondent/accused with the alleged commission of offence. The Learned trial Court committed illegality and perversity in granting acquittal to the accused only on the ground that prosecutrix and her parents did not remain firm, ignoring the clinching evidence on record with regard to the age of the prosecutrix, that is 8 years old only, on the date of incident.

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After going through the impugned judgment of acquittal and evidence on record, particularly that of the Prosecutrix (PW-1), her father (PW-3) and her mother (PW-9), we find that the trial Court has granted benefit of doubt to the accused/ respondent. No material evidence was adduced by the prosecution. Therefore, in these circumstances, the judgment of learned trial Court does not suffer from any patent illegality and perversity so as to warrant interference by this Court.

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Taking into consideration the limited scope of interference against the judgment of acquittal, we are not inclined to grant to leave to appeal.

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Accordingly, CRMP is dismissed at the admission stage itself.

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Sd/Sd/(Manindra Mohan Shrivastava) (Rajani Dubey) Judge Judge

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vijay sahu

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