1 2025:CGHC:50827 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRR No. 807 of 2019 1 - Smt. Laxmi Amba Verma W/o Shri Tikam Singh Verma Aged About 29 Years R/o Village- Gadawa, P.S. Khamhariya, District- Bemetara, Chhattisgarh. … Applicant / Complainant versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through District Magistrate, Bemetara, Chhattisgarh. 2 - Tikam Singh Verma S/o Late Shri Kamleshwar Verma Aged About 36 Years R/o Village Kodawa, P.S. Saja, District- Bemetara, Chhattisgarh. 3 - Bhupal Verma S/o Late Shri Kamleshwar Verma Aged About 34 Years R/o Village Kodawa, P.S. Saja, District- Bemetara, Chhattisgarh. 4 - Krishna Bai W/o Late Shri Kamleshwar Verma Aged About 58 Years R/o Village Kodawa, P.S. Saja, District- Bemetara, Chhattisgarh. ... Respondents (Cause title, as taken from CIS) For Applicant : Mr. Viprasen Agrawal, Advocate For State/Respondent No.1 : Mr. Pratik Tiwari, Panel Lawyer. (Hon’ble Shri Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi) Order on Board 13/10/2025 1. The criminal revision has been preferred by the applicant / complainant challenging the judgment dated 12.12.2018 passed by the Sessions Judge, Bemetara, District Bemetara (CG) in Criminal Appeal No.64/2017, whereby the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 11.09.2017 passed by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Saja, District Bemetara (CG) in Criminal Case No.267/11 has been set aside and the accused persons /respondents No.2, 3 & 4 herein have been acquitted of the offence punishable under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’) and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, RUKHSAR BANO Digitally signed by RUKHSAR BANO Date: 2025.10.13 16:46:43 +0530 2 1961 (henceforth referred to as “the Act, 1961”). By the said judgment, the learned trial Court convicted the respondent No.2, 3 & 4 herein under Section 498A of the IPC and Section 4 of the Act, 1961 and sentenced each of them to undergo 1 year R.I and 6 months R.I. respectively and also imposed fine of Rs.500/- for each offence, in default of payment of fine, to further undergo 1 month imprisonment respectively. 2. On 14.09.2023, in view of the judgment passed by the Division Bench of this High Court in CRR No.643/2015 (Sunil Jangde vs. State of CG & Ors.) and also looking to the judgment rendered by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of “Joseph Stephen & Ors. vs. Santhanasamy” in Criminal Appeal No.90-93 of 2022, decided on 25.01.2022, it was observed that present criminal revision is not maintainable. Learned counsel for the applicant was directed to take recourse in the matter, but he has not filed any application for withdrawal of instant criminal revision or conversion of criminal revision into criminal appeal. 3. Since the instant criminal revision is not maintainable in view of the aforecited judgment, therefore, the same is dismissed. However, liberty is left with the applicant to file appeal, if so advised. 4. Record of the Courts below be returned forthwith along with copy of this order. Sd/- (Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi) JUDGE Rukhsar