VIRENDRA KUMAR SONKAR @ CHOTU vs STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Advocate - A.G. — CRA/607/2025

Disposed: Contested--DISMISSED on 20th April 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: CGHC010096142025

Filing Number

CRA/4271/2025

Filing Date

06-Mar-2025

Registration No

CRA/607/2025

Registration Date

21-Mar-2025

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 SEXUAL HARASSMENT, KIDNAPPING & ABDUCTION. ( 1404 )

Judicial Branch

Criminal Section

Decision Date

20-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--DISMISSED

Last updated 26-May-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.VIRENDRA KUMAR SONKAR @ CHOTU

    Adv. AMAN PANDEY,ANUJA SHARMA,ANUJA SHARMA, ,PRANOTI DAS,SHESHAV SHEKHAR BARIK,RUDRA PRATAP DUBEY,Gaurav Singhal,GOUTAM KHETRAPAL,NUPOOR SONKAR,ANUJA SHARMA

Respondent(s)

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

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 20-Apr-2026

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

    Case Summary: CRA 607/2025 Court Decision: The High Court of Chhattisgarh dismissed the appellant's appeal and affirmed his conviction under Section 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012, upholding 20 years rigorous imprisonment plus ₹5,000 fine. Key Reasoning: The court established the victim's minority (aged 16 years 5 months at incident), found her testimony reliable and corroborated by medical evidence confirming pregnancy, parental testimony, and circumstantial evidence. A negative DNA report was deemed irrelevant to proving sexual assault occurrence. The appellant failed to rebut statutory presumptions under POCSO Sections 29-30, and delay in FIR reporting was reasonably explained given the victim's minor status and pregnancy discovery triggering disclosure. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 20-Apr-2026

    Motion Hearing Matters

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

  4. 16-Apr-2026

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

  5. 11-Jun-2025

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice,Hon'ble Shri Justice Bibhu Datta GuruView PDF

  6. 11-Jun-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  7. 06-Mar-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. CRA/607/2025

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: CRA 607/2025 Court Decision: The High Court of Chhattisgarh dismissed the appellant's appeal and affirmed his conviction under Section 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012, upholding 20 years rigorous imprisonment plus ₹5,000 fine. Key Reasoning: The court established the victim's minority (aged 16 years 5 months at incident), found her testimony reliable and corroborated by medical evidence confirming pregnancy, parental testimony, and circumstantial evidence. A negative DNA report was deemed irrelevant to proving sexual assault occurrence. The appellant failed to rebut statutory presumptions under POCSO Sections 29-30, and delay in FIR reporting was reasonably explained given the victim's minor status and pregnancy discovery triggering disclosure. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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