SMT. SARASWATI SONI vs STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Advocate - A.G. — ACQA/1077/2024

Disposed: Contested--REJECTED on 10th April 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: CGHC010354272024

Filing Number

ACQA/15124/2024

Filing Date

07-Oct-2024

Registration No

ACQA/1077/2024

Registration Date

16-Oct-2024

Judge

Hon'ble The Chief Justice

Coram

Hon'ble The Chief Justice

Bench Type

Single Bench

Category

CRIMINAL MATTERS ( 14 )

Sub-Category

OTHERS AND MIXED BAG ONES ( 1440 )

Judicial Branch

Criminal Section

Decision Date

10-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--REJECTED

Last updated 16-Apr-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.SMT. SARASWATI SONI

    Adv. GOUTAM KHETRAPAL,RUDRA PRATAP DUBEY,RUDRA PRATAP DUBEY, ,Gaurav Singhal,Gaurav Singhal,Resham lal Jaiswal,RAKSHITA MISHRA,RUDRA PRATAP DUBEY

Respondent(s)

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

  2. 2.Station House Officer,

  3. 3.Bhupesh Kumar Soni,

    Adv. Rishabh Gupta,Arpan Verma SHIVANGI AGRAWAL ADITYA DHAR DIWAN SHASHWAT MISHRA SANDEEP PATEL MISS APPORVA GHORE MAYANK GUPTA KABEER KALWANI OMPRAKASH GUPTA

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 10-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble The Chief JusticeView PDF

    Summary The High Court of Chhattisgarh dismissed the wife's acquittal appeal against her husband (Bhupesh Kumar Soni) in a dowry cruelty case under Sections 498-A and 323 IPC. The court upheld the appellate court's acquittal, finding that prosecution witnesses had material contradictions, omissions, and improvements in their statements; the medical evidence showed only simple injuries possibly self-inflicted; the FIR was filed 16 days after the alleged incident without satisfactory explanation; and the parties had subsequently compromised and resumed cohabitation, weakening the case's credibility. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 25-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Arvind Kumar VermaView PDF

  4. 11-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar AgrawalView PDF

  5. 16-Feb-2026

    Motion Hearing Matters

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal

  6. 04-Feb-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar AgrawalView PDF

  7. 16-Dec-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar JaiswalView PDF

  8. 12-Nov-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar JaiswalView PDF

  9. 10-Nov-2025

    Motion Hearing Matters

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal

  10. 30-Oct-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar JaiswalView PDF

  11. 13-Oct-2025

    Motion Hearing Matters

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal

  12. 24-Sep-2025

    Motion Hearing Matters ( Dormant Case )

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari

  13. 18-Sep-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar JaiswalView PDF

  14. 15-Sep-2025

    Motion Hearing Matters

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal

  15. 04-Sep-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar JaiswalView PDF

  16. 01-Sep-2025

    Motion Hearing Matters

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal

  17. 28-Aug-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar JaiswalView PDF

  18. 26-Jun-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Deepak Kumar TiwariView PDF

  19. 12-Nov-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Narendra Kumar VyasView PDF

  20. 12-Nov-2024

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  21. 07-Oct-2024

    Case filed

    Registration No. ACQA/1077/2024

casestatus.in Summary

Summary The High Court of Chhattisgarh dismissed the wife's acquittal appeal against her husband (Bhupesh Kumar Soni) in a dowry cruelty case under Sections 498-A and 323 IPC. The court upheld the appellate court's acquittal, finding that prosecution witnesses had material contradictions, omissions, and improvements in their statements; the medical evidence showed only simple injuries possibly self-inflicted; the FIR was filed 16 days after the alleged incident without satisfactory explanation; and the parties had subsequently compromised and resumed cohabitation, weakening the case's credibility. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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