Monish Chandel v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court 2026:CGHC:14133; Cr.A. 1835/2022 decided 24/03/2026 by Sanjay Kumar Agrawal J.; rape conviction under s. 376(1) IPC and s. 506 Part-II IPC set aside; appeal allowed; acquittal/benefit of doubt; solitary testimony of prosecutrix fails sterling witness test; Santosh Prasad v. State of Bihar (2020) 3 SCC 443 relied on; Krishan Kumar Malik v. State of Haryana (2011) 7 SCC 130 referred; Sadashiv Ramrao Hadbe v. State of Maharashtra (2006) 10 SCC 92 cited by defence; 20-day delay in lodging written report/FIR (incident 05/07/2019, report 26/07/2019, P.S. Rajim); no medical or radiological evidence; prior land/business enmity with son and father-in-law; non-disclosure to family; statutes: ss. 374(2), 313, 437 CrPC 1973; ss. 376(1), 506 IPC 1860; POCSO Act 2012 Special Judge Gariaband; Sessions Trial No. 70/2022; fines Rs. 5,000/- and Rs. 500/- set aside; release on bond for six months; 'क्षमाय दण्ड व दण्डादेश' course not adopted; trial court records returned.