State Of Chhattisgarh v. Dinesh Mahar
Case brief
What is this about?
State appeal against acquittal under S. 378(1) CrPC; POCSO Act 2012 S. 18; IPC Ss. 454, 354, 506, 341; unexplained four-day delay in lodging FIR; prior acquaintance between accused and prosecutrix; non-corroborating and contradicting witnesses (Ex.P-4, Ex.P-5, Ex.P-6); no independent witness examined; afternoon incident in an inhabited locality; prosecutrix's testimony doubted; appellate reversal of acquittal requires demonstration of illegality, perversity or error — principles of Mallappa v. State of Karnataka, (2024) 3 SCC 544 relied upon; acquittal upheld as a legally plausible view; appeal dismissed. Neutral citation: 2026:CGHC:751.
What did the court decide?
None; the acquittal recorded by the trial court was upheld and the State's appeal against acquittal was dismissed. ¶¶51