State of Chhattisgarh v. Sanju Kumar Verma
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, ACQA No. 117 of 2021 — State appeal under Section 378 CrPC against acquittal dated 18.01.2021 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Khairagarh in Special Sessions Trial No.12/2019 acquitting Sanju Kumar Verma of offences under Sections 354-A(1)(i) and 452 IPC read with Sections 7/8 POCSO Act, 2012 (incident of 05.07.2019; FIR Ex.P-2). Decided 05.08.2025 by Justice Sanjay S. Agrawal (Single Bench): prosecutrix's testimony held untrustworthy owing to contradiction between medical report Ex.P-8 (simple injuries from hard and blunt object) and her cross-examination denial of any injury, and non-examination of her brother and vicinity witnesses; trial Court's acquittal held free of illegality; appeal dismissed. No precedents cited; no monetary amounts involved; marked NAFR.
What did the court decide?
None; the acquittal of the respondent recorded by the trial Court was left undisturbed.