1 2025:CGHC:28223 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 3563 of 2025 1 - Gevendra Banjare S/o Gopaldas Banjare Aged About 35 Years R/o Chainganj, Police Station Gunderdehi District - Balod Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Police Station Gunderdehi, District Balod Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Aman Tamrakar, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Suyashdhar Badgaiya, Dy. G.A. Hon’ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J. Order on board 26.06.2025. 1. Heard on the application filed under Section 483 of B.N.S.S. This is first bail application before this Court filed by the applicant for grant of regular bail. The applicant has been arrested on 27.03.2025 in connection with Crime No. 68/2025 registered at P.S. Gunderdehi, District- Balod (CG) for the offence under Sections 3, 4 of Chhattisgarh Gambling Prohibition Act, 2022. SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Digitally signed by SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Date: 2025.06.27 18:42:02 +0530 2 2. The case of the prosecution is that on 27.03.2025, on a secret information received by the Police during patrolling, they made a search near Budhwari Bazar, Gunderdehi (Balod) and found the present applicant who was engaged in chit gambling. From the applicant, Rs. 2000 cash and five gambling chits and one dot pen have been seized. The Police has registered the offence and applicant has been arrested and charge-sheet has been filed. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the offence. The police has arrested the applicant on behalf of suspicion and on account of grocery items purchased by him has been considered by the Police as the gambling chit. He would further submit that the investigation has been completed, charge-sheet has been filed, the offence is tribal by Judicial Magistrate First Class and the applicant is in jail since 27.03.2025. He would further submit that though, earlier also some offences against the applicant have been registered but all the offences have been disposed of, there is every possibility of delay in trial of the case and therefore, the applicant may be enlarged on bail. 4. On the other hand, learned counsel for the State opposes and would submit that the applicant is an habitual offender and earlier two other offences also convicted and fine imposed against him. Therefore, he is not entitled for bail. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the documents annexed with the petition and case diary. 3 6. Considering the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, considering the nature of allegation and the material collected during the investigation, further considering that the earlier offences against the applicant is of the year 2020 and 2020, which has been disposed of, the offences are tribal by Judicial Magistrate First Class and the applicant is in jail since 27.03.2025, without commenting anything on merits, I am inclined to release the applicant on bail. 7. Consequently, this application filed by the applicant under Section 483 of B.N.S.S. for grant of regular bail is hereby allowed. 8. It is directed that the applicant Gevendra Banjare shall be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond in the sum of Rs. 50,000/- with one surety in the like sum to the satisfaction of the concerned trial Court, on following conditions:- (i) He Shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such fact to the Court. (ii) He shall not act in any manner which will be prejudicial to fair and expeditious trial. (iii) He shall appear before the trial Court on each and every date given to him by the concerned trial Court till disposal of the trial. (iv) He shall cooperate with the investigation and the trial. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge Sagrika