SITARAM @ GOLU RATHORE vs STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Advocate - A.G. — CRA/622/2022

Disposed: Contested--DISMISSED on 15th April 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: CGHC010114032022

Filing Number

CRA/5079/2022

Filing Date

31-Mar-2022

Registration No

CRA/622/2022

Registration Date

06-Apr-2022

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

15-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--DISMISSED

Last updated 22-May-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.SITARAM @ GOLU RATHORE

    Adv. SAMRATH SINGH MARHAS,SHRIYA JAISWAL,SHRIYA JAISWAL, ,GHANSHYAM PATEL,GHANSHYAM PATEL,JASLEEN KAUR GULATI,D.L.DEWANGAN,Aditya Pandey,Aditya Pandey

Respondent(s)

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

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 15-Apr-2026

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

    Summary: The Chhattisgarh High Court upheld the conviction of Sitaram (Golu) Rathore for murdering his wife Anita Rathore under Section 302 IPC, sentencing him to life imprisonment. The court applied Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act, placing burden on the appellant to explain how his wife died in his house—a burden he failed to discharge. The circumstantial evidence, including the recovery of a blood-stained knife matching the victim's blood group and the appellant's inability to provide a plausible explanation, formed a complete chain establishing his guilt beyond reasonable doubt. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 02-Aug-2023

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice,Hon'ble Smt. Justice Rajani DubeyView PDF

  4. 02-Aug-2023

    Motion Hearing Matters

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice , Hon'ble Smt. Justice Rajani Dubey

  5. 26-Jul-2023

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice,Hon'ble Smt. Justice Rajani DubeyView PDF

  6. 22-Mar-2023

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

  7. 29-Nov-2022

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal,Hon'ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan PandeyView PDF

  8. 11-Apr-2022

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal,Hon'ble Shri Justice Arvind Singh ChandelView PDF

  9. 11-Apr-2022

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  10. 31-Mar-2022

    Case filed

    Registration No. CRA/622/2022

casestatus.in Summary

Summary: The Chhattisgarh High Court upheld the conviction of Sitaram (Golu) Rathore for murdering his wife Anita Rathore under Section 302 IPC, sentencing him to life imprisonment. The court applied Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act, placing burden on the appellant to explain how his wife died in his house—a burden he failed to discharge. The circumstantial evidence, including the recovery of a blood-stained knife matching the victim's blood group and the appellant's inability to provide a plausible explanation, formed a complete chain establishing his guilt beyond reasonable doubt. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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