GULAB RAI DAHARIA vs STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Advocate - A.G. — CRA/1803/2025

Disposed: Contested--PARTLY ALLOWED on 07th May 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: CGHC010373192025

Filing Number

CRA/14058/2025

Filing Date

25-Aug-2025

Registration No

CRA/1803/2025

Registration Date

01-Sep-2025

Judge

Hon'ble Shri Justice Radhakishan Agrawal

Coram

Hon'ble Shri Justice Radhakishan Agrawal

Bench Type

Single Bench

Category

CRIMINAL MATTERS ( 14 )

Sub-Category

MATTERS RELATING TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT, KIDNAPPING & ABDUCTION. ( 1404 )

Judicial Branch

Criminal Section

Decision Date

07-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--PARTLY ALLOWED

Last updated 26-May-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.GULAB RAI DAHARIA

    Adv. Pushkar Sinha,SHWETA BOLE,SHWETA BOLE, ,PAWAN SHRIVASTAVA,Abhishek Choubey,SHWETA BOLE

Respondent(s)

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

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 07-May-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Radhakishan AgrawalView PDF

    Case Summary: CRA/1803/2025 Court Decision: The High Court of Chhattisgarh acquitted Gulab Rai Daharia of charges under POCSO Act Section 10 and IPC Section 354, setting aside his five-year imprisonment conviction. The court found material contradictions and omissions in prosecution witness statements—particularly between the victim's and mother's accounts—and noted that co-passengers on the train were never examined despite witnessing the alleged incident. Key Reasoning: The court applied the principle that prosecution must prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt, and when two interpretations exist, the benefit of doubt favors the accused. Significant discrepancies included whether the victim had screamed (mentioned only by RPF witness, not in FIR or victim's testimony) and allegations of scratching (not mentioned in original FIR or police statement). The failure to examine any co-passengers despite their presence created reasonable doubt about the incident's occurrence. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 04-May-2026

    Final Hearing [Appeals In Which Accused Persons Are In Jail]

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal

  4. 16-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar JaiswalView PDF

  5. 03-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar JaiswalView PDF

  6. 02-Mar-2026

    Motion Hearing Matters

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal

  7. 21-Jan-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar JaiswalView PDF

  8. 16-Oct-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar AgrawalView PDF

  9. 16-Oct-2025

    Fresh Matters

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal

  10. 18-Sep-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar AgrawalView PDF

  11. 18-Sep-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  12. 25-Aug-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. CRA/1803/2025

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: CRA/1803/2025 Court Decision: The High Court of Chhattisgarh acquitted Gulab Rai Daharia of charges under POCSO Act Section 10 and IPC Section 354, setting aside his five-year imprisonment conviction. The court found material contradictions and omissions in prosecution witness statements—particularly between the victim's and mother's accounts—and noted that co-passengers on the train were never examined despite witnessing the alleged incident. Key Reasoning: The court applied the principle that prosecution must prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt, and when two interpretations exist, the benefit of doubt favors the accused. Significant discrepancies included whether the victim had screamed (mentioned only by RPF witness, not in FIR or victim's testimony) and allegations of scratching (not mentioned in original FIR or police statement). The failure to examine any co-passengers despite their presence created reasonable doubt about the incident's occurrence. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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