SANJAY @ SANJU VERMA vs STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Advocate - A.G. — CRA/317/2023

Case under Sec. 383 C.r.p.c - Jail Appeal Section 374(2). Disposed: Contested--DISMISSED on 05th May 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: CGHC010028212023

Filing Number

CRA/1120/2023

Filing Date

19-Jan-2023

Registration No

CRA/317/2023

Registration Date

04-Feb-2023

Judge

Hon'ble The Chief Justice , Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal

Coram

Hon'ble The Chief Justice , Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal

Bench Type

Division Bench

Category

CRIMINAL MATTERS ( 14 )

Sub-Category

MATTERS RELATING TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT ( 1429 )

Judicial Branch

Criminal Section

Decision Date

05-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--DISMISSED

Last updated 05-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Sec. 383 C.r.p.c - Jail Appeal Section 374(2)

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.SANJAY @ SANJU VERMA

    Adv. Smt Deepa Ramteke,LOVE KUMAR RAMTEKE,LOVE KUMAR RAMTEKE, ,LOVE KUMAR RAMTEKE

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Advocate - A.G.

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 05-May-2026

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice,Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar AgrawalView PDF

    Case Summary: CRA/317/2023 Court Decision: The Chhattisgarh High Court dismissed Sanjay Verma's appeal and upheld his conviction under IPC Section 302 (murder), affirming his life sentence plus ₹2,000 fine. The court found the prosecution established beyond reasonable doubt that Verma killed his wife Lata Verma by smothering/asphyxiation inside their matrimonial home, based on circumstantial evidence including postmortem findings, his suspicious conduct of leaving the hospital without explanation, strained marital relations, and his failure to provide plausible explanations as required under Evidence Act Section 106. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 23-Aug-2023

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice,Hon'ble Shri Justice Naresh Kumar ChandravanshiView PDF

  4. 16-Aug-2023

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice,Hon'ble Shri Justice Naresh Kumar ChandravanshiView PDF

  5. 23-Mar-2023

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal,Hon'ble Shri Justice Radhakishan AgrawalView PDF

  6. 08-Feb-2023

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal,Hon'ble Shri Justice Radhakishan AgrawalView PDF

  7. 08-Feb-2023

    Fresh Matters

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal , Hon'ble Shri Justice Radhakishan Agrawal

  8. 19-Jan-2023

    Case filed

    Registration No. CRA/317/2023

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: CRA/317/2023 Court Decision: The Chhattisgarh High Court dismissed Sanjay Verma's appeal and upheld his conviction under IPC Section 302 (murder), affirming his life sentence plus ₹2,000 fine. The court found the prosecution established beyond reasonable doubt that Verma killed his wife Lata Verma by smothering/asphyxiation inside their matrimonial home, based on circumstantial evidence including postmortem findings, his suspicious conduct of leaving the hospital without explanation, strained marital relations, and his failure to provide plausible explanations as required under Evidence Act Section 106. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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