2025 INSC 1454
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REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
(CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION)
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 3647 OF 2025
PUNIMATI & ANR. APPELLANTS
VERSUS
THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH & ORS. RESPONDENTS
WITH
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 3648 OF 2025
DAYALU & ORS. APPELLANTS
VERSUS
STATE OF CHHATTISGARH RESPONDENT
J U D G M E N T
VIPUL M. PANCHOLI, J.
1. Both these appeals arise out of the common judgment and
order dated 17.02.2021 rendered by the Chhattisgarh High
Court in Criminal Appeal No. 904 of 2012 and Criminal Appeal
No. 931 of 2012. The present Criminal Appeal No. 3647 of 2025
has been filed by original accused no. 2 and accused no. 3,
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whereas the Criminal Appeal No. 3648 of 2025 has been filed
by original accused no. 6, accused no. 7 and accused no. 5.
2. In both these appeals, the appellants-accused persons have
challenged the judgment and order rendered by the High Court
by which the appeals preferred by the appellants came to be...