STATE OF CHHATTISGARH vs CHANDRABHAN Advocate - JITENDRA SHRIVASTAVA, ,UTTARA SHRIVASTAVA,Hariom Rai,VISHAL SAHU,SEEMA VERMA — ACQA/144/2022

Disposed: Contested--DISMISSED on 25th March 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: CGHC010171532022

Filing Number

ACQA/7528/2022

Filing Date

16-May-2022

Registration No

ACQA/144/2022

Registration Date

24-May-2022

Judge

Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Agrawal

Coram

Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Agrawal

Bench Type

Single Bench

Category

CRIMINAL MATTERS ( 14 )

Sub-Category

APPEAL U/S 419 OF B.N.S.S. 2023 ( 1421 )

Judicial Branch

Criminal Section

Decision Date

25-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--DISMISSED

Last updated 16-Apr-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF CHHATTISGARH

    Adv. A.G.

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.CHANDRABHAN Advocate - JITENDRA SHRIVASTAVA, ,UTTARA SHRIVASTAVA,Hariom Rai,VISHAL SAHU,SEEMA VERMA

  2. 2.Anand

    Adv. Hariom Rai,VISHAL SAHU SEEMA VERMA

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 25-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay AgrawalView PDF

    Summary The Chhattisgarh High Court dismissed the State's appeal against the acquittal of two respondents (Chandrabhan and Anand) charged with assault and criminal intimidation. The court upheld the trial court's acquittal, finding critical evidentiary gaps: the complainant's testimony contradicted the FIR (claiming six broken teeth versus three), the key eyewitness turned hostile and denied witnessing the assault, and remaining witnesses were merely hearsay. The court found no illegality in acquitting the respondents due to insufficient cogent evidence. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 20-Feb-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay AgrawalView PDF

  4. 07-Oct-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay AgrawalView PDF

  5. 07-Oct-2025

    Motion Hearing Matters

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Agrawal

  6. 16-May-2022

    Case filed

    Registration No. ACQA/144/2022

casestatus.in Summary

Summary The Chhattisgarh High Court dismissed the State's appeal against the acquittal of two respondents (Chandrabhan and Anand) charged with assault and criminal intimidation. The court upheld the trial court's acquittal, finding critical evidentiary gaps: the complainant's testimony contradicted the FIR (claiming six broken teeth versus three), the key eyewitness turned hostile and denied witnessing the assault, and remaining witnesses were merely hearsay. The court found no illegality in acquitting the respondents due to insufficient cogent evidence. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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