ARJUN SINGH AYAM vs STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Advocate - A.G. — CRA/1565/2021

Disposed: Contested--PARTLY ALLOWED on 08th May 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: CGHC010311982021

Filing Number

CRA/14600/2021

Filing Date

18-Nov-2021

Registration No

CRA/1565/2021

Registration Date

04-Dec-2021

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

08-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--PARTLY ALLOWED

Last updated 06-Jun-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.ARJUN SINGH AYAM

    Adv. SUDHIR KUMAR BAJPAI,SHUBHAM BAJPAYEE,SHUBHAM BAJPAYEE, ,SHUBHAM BAJPAYEE

  2. 2.Shiv Prasad Ayam

Respondent(s)

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

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 08-May-2026

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

    Case Summary: CRA 1565/2021 Court Decision: The High Court of Chhattisgarh partially allowed the criminal appeal, setting aside the murder conviction under Section 302/34 IPC and downgrading it to culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 Part II IPC. The appellants' sentence was reduced from life imprisonment to 7 years rigorous imprisonment. Key Reasoning: While the court confirmed the appellants assaulted the deceased (Amartiya Bai) with bamboo sticks causing her death, it found the incident was sudden, unpremeditated, arising from a domestic quarrel without prior enmity. Critically, the prosecution failed to establish *intention* to cause death—only *knowledge* that the assault was likely to cause harm. This distinction brought the case within Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC, warranting culpable homicide rather than murder charges. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 15-Mar-2024

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

  4. 16-Mar-2023

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

  5. 10-Jan-2023

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

  6. 03-Aug-2022

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

  7. 22-Jul-2022

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

  8. 15-Jul-2022

    Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy,Hon'ble Shri Justice Parth Prateem SahuView PDF

  9. 24-Jun-2022

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal,Hon'ble Shri Justice Sachin Singh RajputView PDF

  10. 24-Jun-2022

    Motion Hearing Matters

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal , Hon'ble Shri Justice Sachin Singh Rajput

  11. 17-Jun-2022

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal,Hon'ble Shri Justice Sachin Singh RajputView PDF

  12. 02-May-2022

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal,Hon'ble Smt. Justice Rajani DubeyView PDF

  13. 07-Jan-2022

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Arvind Singh Chandel,Hon'ble Shri Justice Rajendra Chandra Singh SamantView PDF

  14. 05-Jan-2022

    For Orders [On Office Notes]

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Arvind Singh Chandel , Hon'ble Shri Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari

  15. 08-Dec-2021

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Arvind Singh Chandel,Hon'ble Shri Justice Deepak Kumar TiwariView PDF

  16. 08-Dec-2021

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  17. 18-Nov-2021

    Case filed

    Registration No. CRA/1565/2021

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: CRA 1565/2021 Court Decision: The High Court of Chhattisgarh partially allowed the criminal appeal, setting aside the murder conviction under Section 302/34 IPC and downgrading it to culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 Part II IPC. The appellants' sentence was reduced from life imprisonment to 7 years rigorous imprisonment. Key Reasoning: While the court confirmed the appellants assaulted the deceased (Amartiya Bai) with bamboo sticks causing her death, it found the incident was sudden, unpremeditated, arising from a domestic quarrel without prior enmity. Critically, the prosecution failed to establish *intention* to cause death—only *knowledge* that the assault was likely to cause harm. This distinction brought the case within Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC, warranting culpable homicide rather than murder charges. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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