1 2025:CGHC:17484 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 2931 of 2025 Sujeet Chakrawarti S/o Bisendranath Chakrawarti Aged About 45 Years R/o Punjab National Garden Patpariya Ambikapur District - Surguja (C.G.) ... Applicant(s) versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer Police Station Manendragarh District Manendragah - Bharatpur Chirmiri (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Applicant(s) : Mr. Ramsevak Soni alongwith Mr. Ravi Kumar Banjare, Advocates. For Respondent(s) : Mr. U.K.S. Chandel, Deputy A.G. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice Order on Board 16.04.2025 1. Proceedings of this matter have been taken through video conferencing. 2. The applicant has preferred this First Bail Application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for AKHILESH KUMAR DEWANGAN Digitally signed by AKHILESH KUMAR DEWANGAN 2 short ‘BNSS’), for grant of regular bail, as he has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 260/2023, registered at Police Station Manendragarh District Manendragah - Bharatpur Chirmiri (CG) for the offence punishable under Section 420 / 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). 3. The prosecution story in brief, is that on 24.06.2023, the complainant Anoop Chakrawarti lodged a report at Police Station Manendragarh District Manendragah - Bharatpur Chirmiri (C.G.) alleging therein that between 05.04.2022 to 13.06.2023, the applicant has obtained an amount of Rs.19,50,000/- from the complainant for providing job in the post of Data Entry Operator in Mantralaya to the sons of complainant, on the basis of said complaint aforesaid offence has been registered against the applicant and subsequently, he was arrested. Hence, the bail application. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He further submit that the applicant has never obtained any amount from the complainant nor has promised for providing any job, the applicant is brother-in-law of the complainant and die to some previous animosity of their families, present applicant has been implicated in the case. He also submits that the applicant was a Peon in the Govt. Hospital (Jeevan Deep Samiti), Manendragarh and his is a low paid employee and having approach for providing job is 3 baseless, further no seizure has been made from the applicant, additionally, one of the co-accused has already been granted bail by learned trial Court and the case of present applicant is identical to that of the co-accused. The applicant is in jail since 29.12.2024 and the trial is likely to take some time for its conclusion. Therefore, he prays for grant of bail to the applicant. 5. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposes the bail application and submits that the charge-sheet has been filed in the present case before the competent Court. He further submits that the applicant is alleged to have taken Rs.19,50,000/- from the complainant for providing job in the post of Data Entry Operator in Mantralaya to the sons of complainant, therefore, he is not entitled for grant of bail. 6. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 7. Perusal of the case diary goes to show that the applicant has taken Rs.19,50,000/- from the complainant for providing job in the post of Data Entry Operator in Mantralaya to the sons of complainant, looking to the facts and circumstances of the case, it does not seem appropriate to grant bail to the applicant. 8. Accordingly, the bail application of applicant - Sujeet Chakrawarti, involved in Crime No. 260/2023, registered at Police Station Manendragarh District Manendragah - Bharatpur Chirmiri (CG) for the offence punishable under Section 420 / 34 of 4 the IPC, is rejected. 9. However, it will be open for the prosecuting agency to initiate prosecution against the complainant of the present case also who claims to have been cheated by the applicant herein, as the conduct of the complainant amounts to give bribe for obtaining employment through illegal mode. 10. Needless to say that the trial Court concerned is at liberty to proceed and conclude the trial expeditiously. 11. Office is directed to send a certified copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information and compliance. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Akhil