1 2025:CGHC:25431 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRCA No. 877 of 2025 Rakesh Jain S/o Bhabutmal Jain Aged About 53 Years R/o Om Complex, P.S. Devendra Nagar, Dist - Raipur Chhattisgarh ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Station House Officer, Police Station City Kotwali, Raipur, District – Raipur, Chhattisgarh. ... Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. Suryakant Puri Goswami, Advocate. For Non-applicant/State : Mr. Nitansh Jaiswal, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order On Board 18.06.2025 1. 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. 346/2023, registered at Police Station – City Kotwali, District – Raipur (C.G.) for alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). 2. As per the prosecution story in brief, is that the complainant, Sachin Deshmukh has given written complaint before the P.S. concerned, to the effect that, the complainant, who is engaged in contract work with the electricity department, the the complainant alleged that he had entrusted his financial and taxation matters to applicant, who was an employee of RAJSHEKHAR SONI Digitally signed by RAJSHEKHAR SONI 2 CA Akram Siddiqui, further, the complainant claimed that, during this period, he had provided the applicant with crucial personal documents, including his Aadhaar card, PAN card, digital signature, and signed blank cheques, subsequently, in 2021, the complainant received a notice from the GST Department regarding outstanding payments, which led him to investigate further, upon inquiry, the complainant discovered that without his knowledge or consent, a company named Somvati Sales Trading Agency Pvt Ltd had been registered in his name and the applicant forged his signature and used his documents to illegally obtain loans from financial institutions, including Tata Capital Finance Company, furthermore, the applicant fraudulently utilized the identity of the complainant to secure credit cards and take loans amounting Rs. 45,88,416/-, on the above written complaint of the complainant, crime was registered against the applicant. Hence, this application. 3. The learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is completely innocent and further submitted that there is no any direct evidence to show the involvement of the applicant in the crime in question. Therefore applicant is entitle for grant of bail. 4. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail and submitted that, it transpires that the complainant, Sachin Deshmukh has given written complaint before the P.S. concerned, to the effect that, the complainant, who is engaged in contract work with the electricity department, the the complainant alleged that he had entrusted his financial and taxation matters to applicant, who was an employee of CA Akram Siddiqui, further, the complainant claimed that, during this period, he had provided the applicant with crucial personal documents, including his Aadhaar card, PAN card, digital signature, and 3 signed blank cheques, subsequently, in 2021, the complainant received a notice from the GST Department regarding outstanding payments, which led him to investigate further, upon inquiry, the complainant discovered that without his knowledge or consent, a company named Somvati Sales Trading Agency Pvt Ltd had been registered in his name and the applicant forged his signature and used his documents to illegally obtain loans from financial institutions, including Tata Capital Finance Company, furthermore, the applicant fraudulently utilized the identity of the complainant to secure credit cards and take loans amounting Rs. 45,88,416/-, on the above written complaint of the complainant, crime was registered against the applicant. Therefore, the present anticipatory bail application of the applicant is liable to be rejected. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 6. 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 the complainant, Sachin Deshmukh has given written complaint before the P.S. concerned, to the effect that, the complainant, who is engaged in contract work with the electricity department, the the complainant alleged that he had entrusted his financial and taxation matters to applicant, who was an employee of CA Akram Siddiqui, further, the complainant claimed that, during this period, he had provided the applicant with crucial personal documents, including his Aadhaar card, PAN card, digital signature, and signed blank cheques, subsequently, in 2021, the complainant received a notice from the GST Department regarding outstanding payments, which led him to investigate further, upon inquiry, the complainant discovered that without 4 his knowledge or consent, a company named Somvati Sales Trading Agency Pvt Ltd had been registered in his name and the applicant forged his signature and used his documents to illegally obtain loans from financial institutions, including Tata Capital Finance Company, furthermore, the applicant fraudulently utilized the identity of the complainant to secure credit cards and take loans amounting Rs. 45,88,416/-, on the above written complaint of the complainant, crime was registered against the applicant, thus, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the applicant. 7. Accordingly, the Anticipatory Bail application of the applicant – Rakesh Jain, filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 in connection with Crime No. 346/2023, registered at Police Station – City Kotwali, District – Raipur (C.G.) for alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 of the IPC, is rejected. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Rajshekhar