CRA/1551/2019 of X Y Z Vs STATE OF CHHATTISGARH on 25 September 2026

CGHC010370962019

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRA No. 1551 of 2019 PRATAP SINGH RATHIYA versus STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Order Sheet 26.09.2026 Shri Alok Kumar Dewangan, counsel for the appellant. Shri Atanu Ghosh, Dy GA and Shri Rohan Shukla, PL for the State. Heard on IA-3 of 2026, application under Section 74 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 r/w Section 528 of the BNSS, 2023 for non-disclosure and masking of the name and identity of the appellant. Learned counsel for the appellant would submit that due to inadvertence, he disclosed the name of the appellant, who was juvenile in conflict with law during the trial. Though he was not required to disclose the identity of the juvenile in conflict with law as provided under Section 74 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Cra 1551 of 2019 2 Protection of Children) Act, 2015, but inadvertently, he disclosed the same. Therefore, he filed an application for correction in the array of appeal memo, so that the identity of the juvenile in conflict with law may not be disclosed. He would further submit that in place of name of the appellant, he may be permitted to put “XYZ” and permit him to produce the details of the appellant in a closed envelope. On due consideration, the application IA-3 of 2026 is allowed. Learned counsel for the appellant is permitted to carry out the necessary amendment in the Cause-title of memo of appeal during the course of the day and produce the details of the appellant in a closed envelope. With consent of the parties, the matter is heard finally and judgment dictated separately. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) JUDGE padma