1 2025:CGHC:18347 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRCA No. 558 of 2025 Suresh Singh Thakur S/o Vishram Singh Thakur Aged About 52 Years R/o House No. G-59 Alka Avenue, Village Uslapur, P.S. Civil Line, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through- P.S. Civil Line, District – Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. Amiyakant Tiwari, Advocate. For Non-applicant/State : Mr. UKS Chandel, Dy. Advocate General. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order On Board 23.04.2025 1. Proceedings of this matter have been taken through video conferencing. 2. The applicant has preferred this anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of Anticipatory Bail, apprehending his arrest in connection with Crime No. 279/2025, registered at Police Station – Civil Line, District – Bilaspur (C.G.) for alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 474 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). 3. As per the prosecution story in brief, is that an F.I.R. came to be registered by P.S. Civil Line District Bilaspur against the applicant along with the other Co-accused persons stating that the victim/informant had RAJSHEKHAR SONI Digitally signed by RAJSHEKHAR SONI 2 purchased a land bearing khasra No. 448/11/GA admeasuring area of 3049 sq.ft. from one Vijay Laxmi Sharma and khasra no. 448/37/GA admeasuring area 3921 sq.ft. from one Rameshwar Prasad Pandey total area 6970, situated at village Ameri P.H. No. 43, Revenue Circle Sakri, District Bilaspur (C.G.), on 14.01.2021 and 21.09.2021 respectively, the total land was purchased at Rs. 1,75,00,000/- and money was subsequently paid through co-accused Rajkumar Bajaj @ Raju Bajaj, the mutation was duly done and after the retirement of his father in July 2021 the said purchased land was sought to be sold in order to meet the domestic exigencies then it was came to the knowledge of the victim/informant that the purchased land does not exist, one of the seller has sent a legal notice through her advocate stating that she does not have any land at village Ameri bearing khasra No. 448/11/GA total area 3049 sq.ft. On the basis of above allegations the local Police has registered the present crime against the applicant and co-accused persons for committing the offence of cheating and forging the land records by entering into a criminal conspiracy. Hence, this application. 4. The learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is completely innocent and further submitted that the allegations made in the F.I.R. are general and vague in nature. No specific allegations with regard to date time and place have been leveled in the complaint itself. The allegations do not reveal any commission of offence. Therefore applicant is entitle for grant of bail. 5. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail and submitted that, it transpires that an F.I.R. came to be registered by P.S. Civil Line District Bilaspur against the applicant along with the other Co-accused persons stating that the victim/informant 3 had purchased a land bearing khasra No. 448/11/GA admeasuring area of 3049 sq.ft. from one Vijay Laxmi Sharma and khasra no. 448/37/GA admeasuring area 3921 sq.ft. from one Rameshwar Prasad Pandey total area 6970, situated at village Ameri P.H. No. 43, Revenue Circle Sakri, District Bilaspur (C.G.), on 14.01.2021 and 21.09.2021 respectively, the total land was purchased at Rs. 1,75,00,000/- and money was subsequently paid through co-accused Rajkumar Bajaj @ Raju Bajaj, the mutation was duly done and after the retirement of his father in July 2021 the said purchased land was sought to be sold in order to meet the domestic exigencies then it was came to the knowledge of the victim/informant that the purchased land does not exist, one of the seller has sent a legal notice through her advocate stating that she does not have any land at village Ameri bearing khasra No. 448/11/GA total area 3049 sq.ft. On the basis of above allegations the local Police has registered the present crime against the applicant and co-accused persons for committing the offence of cheating and forging the land records by entering into a criminal conspiracy. Therefore, the present anticipatory bail application of the applicant is liable to be rejected. 6. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 7. Considering the facts & circumstances of the case, allegations levelled against the applicant in the FIR, and from the perusal of the records available, it transpires that an F.I.R. came to be registered by P.S. Civil Line District Bilaspur against the applicant along with the other Co- accused persons stating that the victim/informant had purchased a land bearing khasra No. 448/11/GA admeasuring area of 3049 sq.ft. from one Vijay Laxmi Sharma and khasra no. 448/37/GA admeasuring area 3921 4 sq.ft. from one Rameshwar Prasad Pandey total area 6970, situated at village Ameri P.H. No. 43, Revenue Circle Sakri, District Bilaspur (C.G.), on 14.01.2021 and 21.09.2021 respectively, the total land was purchased at Rs. 1,75,00,000/- and money was subsequently paid through co-accused Rajkumar Bajaj @ Raju Bajaj, the mutation was duly done and after the retirement of his father in July 2021 the said purchased land was sought to be sold in order to meet the domestic exigencies then it was came to the knowledge of the victim/informant that the purchased land does not exist, one of the seller has sent a legal notice through her advocate stating that she does not have any land at village Ameri bearing khasra No. 448/11/GA total area 3049 sq.ft. On the basis of above allegations the local Police has registered the present crime against the applicant and co-accused persons for committing the offence of cheating and forging the land records by entering into a criminal conspiracy, thus, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the applicant. 8. Accordingly, the Anticipatory Bail application of the applicant – Suresh Singh Thakur, filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 in connection with Crime No. 279/2025, registered at Police Station – Civil Line, District – Bilaspur (C.G.) for alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 474 and 120B of the IPC, is rejected. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Rajshekhar