2025:CGHC:17331 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 2655 of 2025 Vijay Singh S/o Sukhlal Singh Aged About 40 Years R/o Village Panchvati P.S. Ramanujnagar District - Surajpur (C.G.) ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Police Station Incharge P.S. Ramanujnagar District - Surajpur (C.G.) ... Respondent (Cause title is taken from the CIS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Applicant : Shri Anil Kumar Gulati, Advocate For Respondent/State : Shri Santosh Bharat, PL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 15.04.2025 1. Heard on the application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS, 2023). This is the first bail application before this Court filed by the applicant for grant of regular bail. 2. The applicant has been arrested on 22.06.2024 in connection with Crime No.108 of 2024, registered at PS-Ramanujnagar, District-Surajpur, Chhattisgarh for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the IPC. 3. Case of the prosecution in brief is that on 20.06.2024, the applicant alleged to have committed murder of his wife-Bindu Singh by assaulting with a Club, and she died on the spot. Merg was intimated to the Police. In the postmortem report, injuries have been found on the body of the deceased, Digitally signed by V PADMAVATHI Date: 2025.04.17 11:09:54 +0530 Mcrc 2655 of 2025 2 including fracture of her ribs. FIR has been registered, appellant has been arrested, and after investigation, charge-sheet has been filed. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant would submit that there is no eyewitness to the incident, which happened in heat of passion due to sudden quarrel, by which the deceased fell down on the ground, and received injuries on her ribs, by which she died. The applicant was not intended to assault his wife, and has not assaulted by Club. He is in jail since 22.06.2024, and final adjudication of the case will take its own time. Hence, the applicant may be granted bail. 5. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposes the bail application, and would submit that the applicant has committed murder of his wife, his wife has been found dead inside the house in injured condition, and number of injuries have been found on her body, including fracture of her ribs. Therefore, applicant is not entitled for release on bail. 6. Considering the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, nature of allegation, and that wife of applicant has been found dead inside the house having number of injuries on her body, including fracture of ribs, and the allegation against the applicant that he assaulted his wife/deceased, I am not inclined to release the applicants on regular bail 7. Accordingly, his bail application is rejected. Certified copy as per rules. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) JUDGE padma