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ITEM NO.33 COURT NO.12 SECTION II-C
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) Diary No(s). 943/2025
[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 13-03-2024 in CRLA No. 1973/2017 passed by the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur]
PAWAN KUMAR DEWANGAN Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Respondent(s)
(IA No. 42283/2025 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING, IA No. 42285/2025 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS & IA No. 42282/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Date : 21-02-2025 This matter was called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHANSHU DHULIA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN
For Petitioner(s) Dr.Rajan Kumar Pandey, Sr.Adv. Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR Ms. Ayushi Pandey, Adv.
For Respondent(s)
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R
Delay condoned.
Heard learned senior counsel for the petitioner.
The petitioner before this Court was convicted and sentenced
for life imprisonment by the Sessions Judge, Janjgir-Champa,
Chhattisgarh, for the offences punishable under Sections 302/34 and
201 of the Indian Penal Code. The case of the prosecution was that
the petitioner strangul...