1 2025:CGHC:22183 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRCA No. 742 of 2025 1 - Raju Sahu S/o Dhaniram Sahu Aged About 36 Years R/o Mohammad Bashir Khan Ward Near Kali Mandir Mungeli, P.S. City Kotwali, Tahsil And District Mungeli Chhattisgarh ... Applicant versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Office, Police Station - City Kotwali, Distt. Mungeli Chhattisgarh ... Non-Applicant For Applicant : Mr. Vikas Upadhyay, Advocate For Non-Applicant : Mr. Ashish Shukla, Additional Advocate General Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 20.05.2025 1. This first anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been filed by the applicant, who is apprehending his arrest in connection with Crime No.96/2025 registered at Police Station- City Kotwali, Mungeli District - Mungeli (C.G.) for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4), 308(2), 3(5), 61 and 111 of BNS. 2. Prosecution case in brief is that as per the written complaint made by the complainant before the Police Station City Kotwali Mungeli, BHUMIKA ANGARE Digitally signed by BHUMIKA ANGARE Date: 2025.05.20 18:39:40 +0530 2 wherein he has stated that in August 2024 his acquaintances Nehal Singh Sandhu, Ayush Shriwas and Gurvinder Singh @ Laddu were the Director of One Black Hole Event Company and the complainant has invested money in the event conducted by the company on the assurance of good profit, in this context his acquaintances Ayush Thakur, Ayush Pratap Singh @ Sameer Thakur and Raju Sahu also asked him to invest in the above company and on account of deliberations with all of them he invested the money in the company with respect to event and money transactions was done between them, thereafter an event of organized by Black Hole Event Company and Nehal Singh Sandhu, Ayush Shriwas and Gurvinder Singh Sandhu informed him that they suffered a huge loss in the event and a dispute occurred with Ayush Thakur, Ayush Pratap Singh and Raju Sahu with respect to the money transaction, thereafter Ayush Thakur, Ayush Pratap Singh, Raju Sahu, Divyansh Thakur, Vijendra Jagtap, Lovjeet Singh, Vasu Pandey demanded money from the complainant and started threatening him and despite stating many a times that he is not involved in the event they were threatening him and on the point of knife they made him talk with the person on mobile at Swarn Vatika Mungeli, who asked him to give the money or else they will kill him and his family as they belong to the gang of Lawrance Bishnoi. Thereafter, the present applicant by pressurizing the complainant's mother and complainant got a registered sale deed executed and from the sale consideration 3 asked his mother of withdraw Rs. 9 Lacs from the bank on 22.01.2025 and has also executed sale deed with the complainant and have also taken 4 blank cheques of ICICI Bank Mungeli and 3 blank cheques of Axis Bank Mungeli were taken away belonging to their firm Siddharth Fuels and the cheque No. 047616 bank account of the Siddharth Fuels have been withdrawn by Raghvendra Pratap Singh Thakur by forging the signature of the mother, who is also known to Ayush Thakur, Ayush Pratap Singh, Raju Sahu, Divyansh Thakur, Vijendra Jagtap, Lovjeet Singh and present applicant by forging the signature of his mother and have also forcefully taken to Rin-pustika belonging to his mother and himself and they are threatening them and after getting this information he has stopped all his bank transactions and all these people are threatening them in the name of Lawrance Bishnoi. On 03.01.2025 they have pressurized him to execute an agreement with One Pradeep Singh for the land which has been already sold to present applicant, on this report the FIR has been registered and the matter is under investigation. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the applicant submits that the applicant is an innocent person and he has been falsely implicated in the abovementioned offence. He further submits that the complainant himself has suffered loss while investing in the Black Hole Event Company and was having certain money dispute with the directors of Black Hole Event Company. He also submits that other co - accused, namely, Ayush Thakur and Suraj 4 Singh Makkad have already been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in MCRCA No. 505 of 2025 and MCRCA No. 529 of 2025 respectively vide order dated 23.04.2025, therefore, the present applicant is also entitled to be granted anticipatory bail on the ground of parity. 4. On the other hand, learned State counsel appearing for the Non- applicant/State opposes the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. Considering the facts & circumstances of the case, submissions of learned counsel for the parties, nature of dispute and material available in case diary, and also considering the fact that two co - accused, namely, Ayush Thakur and Suraj Singh Makkad have already been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in MCRCA No. 505 of 2025 and MCRCA No. 529 of 2025 respectively vide order dated 23.04.2025, therefore, this Court is of the view that the applicant is also entitled to be released on anticipatory bail in this case on the ground of parity. 7. Accordingly, the instant MCRCA is allowed and it is directed that in the event of arrest of the applicant – Raju Sahu, on executing a personal bond with one surety in the like sum to the satisfaction of the arresting Officer, he shall be released on bail on the following conditions:- (a) He shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person 5 acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such fact to the Court. (b) He shall not act in any manner which will be prejudicial to fair and expeditious trial. (c) He shall appear before the trial Court on each and every date given to him by the said Court till disposal of the trial. (d) The applicant and the surety shall submit a copy of their adhaar card alongwith a colored postcard full size photo having printed the adhaar number on it, which shall be verified by the trial Court. (e) He shall not involve himself in any offence of similar nature in future. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) CHIEF JUSTICE Bhumika