News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 424 August 5, 2026 : The Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur has acquitted Kaushal @ Deepak Nirmalkar and Lokesh Shori @ Loku in a 2019 murder case, holding that the prosecution failed to establish Read more…
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In a sharp indictment of flawed criminal investigations, the Supreme Court of India has acquitted 11 appellants in a murder case, holding that a “scripted enquiry” can have lethal consequences, especially when it risks implicating innocent persons. The Court noted Read more…
News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 168 | 2026:CGHC:9583 February 24, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh has acquitted a man who had been sentenced to 10 years in prison for rape and house trespass, holding that the prosecution Read more…
February 17, 2026 : In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court of India has set aside the conviction of a man accused of murdering his six-year-old stepdaughter in Chhattisgarh, holding that the prosecution failed to establish a complete chain of Read more…
News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 136 | 2026:CGHC:2705-DB January 16, 2026 : In a significant ruling, the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur has set aside the life sentences of four men convicted in a 2014 murder case from Read more…
News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 134 | 2026:CGHC:2166-DB January 14, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh has acquitted three men who were convicted nearly a decade ago in a 2011 kidnapping and rape case from Raigarh district, ruling Read more…
News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 95 | 2026:CGHC:1838-DB January 13, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh has dismissed an appeal filed by the State government challenging the acquittal of three family members accused of murdering a man over Read more…