1 2025:CGHC:9456 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 1543 of 2025 1. Nandkumar Meravi S/o Chatur Meravi Aged About 25 Years R/o Village- Loharidih, Police Station And Tehsil- Rengakharkala, District- Kabirdham (C.G.) 2. Ashok Sahu S/o Gaukaran Aged About 34 Years R/o Village- Loharidih, Police Station And Tehsil- Rengakharkala, District- Kabirdham (C.G.) 3. Sarsetan Bai @ Saraswati Sahu W/o Santram Sahu Aged About 45 Years R/o Village- Loharidih, Police Station And Tehsil- Rengakharkala, District- Kabirdham (C.G.) 4. Gulab Sahu S/o Late Veersingh Sahu Aged About 50 Years R/o Village- Loharidih, Police Station And Tehsil- Rengakharkala, District- Kabirdham (C.G.) ... Applicants versus • State Of Chhattisgarh Through- Station House Officer, Police Station- Rengakhar, District- Kabirdham (C.G.) ... Non-applicants For Applicants : Mr. Dharmesh Shrivastava, Advocate For Non- applicants/State : Mr. Jitendra Shrivastava, G.A. Hon’ble Shri Justice Arvind Kumar Verma Order on Board 24/02/2025 2 1. The applicants have filed this bail application under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagrrik Suraksha Sanhita for grant of regular bail as they are in custody in connection with Crime No. 63/2024 registered at police station Rengakhar, District Kabirdham(CG) for the offence punishable under Sections 109, 191(2), 191(3). 189(5), 333,296,351(3),287, 324(6),115(2), 61(2) (a), 332 (b) of BNS, 2023. 2. Prosecution case in brief is that report was lodged by complainant Suresh Kumar Sahu on 15.09.2024 against 100 persons alleging that at about 10.00 pm when he went to his in- laws house at Loharidih, to take his mother-in-law to hospital at Kawardha for treatment and was waiting for the taxi, at that point of time, the villagers came armed with club, axe, bricks and stones, started hurling abuses that his father in law had committed murder of one Shiv Prasad Sahu and hanged him in the border of State of M.P. It is further alleged that the villagers (mob) entered the house and started assaulting them with hands and fists and when he tried to intervene, he was also assaulted and his mobile was snatched, the house was set on fire. He however, came out of their clutches and after sometime, the police personnel came to the place of incident. There are 80- 100 accused persons involved in the crime in question. On the basis of the report, the police registered the offence against the accused persons and they were arrested. 3. Counsel for the applicants submits that the applicants have been falsely implicated in the case alleging them to be the main 3 accused. He further contended that on perusal of the evidence, it is clear that there is no direct role of the applicants in the crime in question. It is also clear that the complainant was not able to disclose the role attributed to the present applicants in the crime. It is submitted that similarly placed co-accused persons have been granted bail by this Court in batch of M.Cr.Cs. No.9073/2024 and other connected cases, vide order dated 31.01.2025, the present applicants may also be granted similar benefit. It is contended that there are no previous antecedents against the applicants, charge sheet has been filed, they are in jail since 16.09.2024 and the trial is likely to take some time, they are ready and willing to comply with any of the conditions which may be imposed upon them and thus, it is submitted that the application be allowed and the applicants be released on bail. 4. Learned counsel for the respondent/State, on the other hand, has opposed the bail applications. 5. Heard counsel for the parties and perused the record. 6. On due consideration of the rival submissions and further considering the involvement of the applicants in the present case and looking to the fact that the injuries sustained by the injured were simple in nature and there are no previous antecedents against the applicants, they are in jail since 16.09.2024, charge sheet has been filed and that the final disposal of the trial is likely to take sufficiently long time, the 4 present applications deserves to be allowed. Accordingly, their bail applications are allowed. 7. It is directed that in the event of applicants’ executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs. 10,000/- each with one surety to the satisfaction of the concerned trial court, they shall be released on bail on the following conditions: i) they shall file an undertaking to the effect that he/she shall not seek any adjournment on the dates fixed for evidence when the witnesses are present in the Court. IN case of default of this condition, it shall be open for the trial court to treat it as abuse of liberty of bail and pass orders in accordance with law. ii) they shall remain present before the trial court on each date fixed, either personally or through his/her counsel. In case of his absence without sufficient cause,t he trial court may proceed against him/her under Section 269 of BNS, 2023. iii) In case, the applicants misuse the liberty of bail during trial and in order to secure his/her presence, proclamation under Section 84 of the BNSS, 2023 is issued and the applicants failed to appear before the court on the date fixed in such proclamation, then, the trial court shall initiate proceedings against him/her. In accordance with law under Section 209 of BNS, 2023. iv) The applicants shall remain present, in person, before the trial court on the dates fixed for (I) opening of the case (ii) framing of charge and (iii) recording of statement under Section 351 of BNSS, 2023.If in the opinion of the trial court absence of the applicants are deliberate or without sufficient cause,t hen it shall be open for the trial court to 5 treat such default as abuse of liberty of bail and proceed against him/her in accordance with law. 8. Office is directed to send a certified copy of this order to the trial court for necessary information and compliance forthwith. Sd/- (Arvind Kumar Verma) JUDGE vaishali VAISHALI LUCKY NAGARIA Digitally signed by VAISHALI LUCKY NAGARIA Date: 2025.03.01 14:49:27 +0530