Findcontrol does not find dynamically created control in rowUpdating eventhandler

I am using ITemplate to dynamically create a template field

TemplateField isReqField = new TemplateField();
isReqField.HeaderText = "Lizenz anfordern";
isReqField.ItemTemplate = new GridViewTemplate(DataControlRowType.DataRow, DataControlRowState.Normal, "isRequested", "bool");
isReqField.EditItemTemplate = new GridViewTemplate(DataControlRowType.DataRow, DataControlRowState.Edit, "isRequested", "bool");

gvLicence.Columns.Add(isReqField);

      

        
        
        
      

    

I am implementing InstantiateIn

        public void InstantiateIn(System.Web.UI.Control container)
        {

... 

                            CheckBox ckRequest = new CheckBox();
                            ckRequest.ID = "ckRequest";
                            ckRequest.DataBinding += new EventHandler(this.CkIsRequested_DataBinding);
                            container.Controls.Add(ckRequest);

...

        }

      

        
        
        
      

    

with DataBinding handler

private void CkIsRequested_DataBinding(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{

    CheckBox ckRequest = (CheckBox)sender;
    GridViewRow row = (GridViewRow)ckRequest.NamingContainer;
    ckRequest.Checked = (bool)DataBinder.Eval(row.DataItem, columnName);
}

      

        
        
        
      

    

But then, in the RowUpdating handler, I cannot find the CheckBox control using the FindControl method:

protected void gvLicence_RowUpdating(object sender, GridViewUpdateEventArgs e)
{
    CheckBox chb = (CheckBox)gvLicence.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("ckRequest");
    bool requestValue = chb.Checked;

      

        
        
        
      

    

It throws Exeption because gvLicence.Rows [e.RowIndex] .FindControl ("ckRequest") is null.

Thank you very much for your attention and help.