1 2025:CGHC:32705 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 5458 of 2025 • Seema Bai Oti W/o Dev Kumar Oti Aged About 38 Years R/o Ramnagar, Balod, Police Station And District Balod Chhattisgarh. ... Applicant versus • State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Station House Officer, Police Station- Doundilohara, District Balod Chhattisgarh. ... Respondent (Cause title is taken from Case Information System) For Applicant : Mr. Pushpendra Kumar Patel, Advocate For Respondent/State : Dr. Sourabh Kumar Pande, Dy.A.G. Hon’ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 14/07/2025 1. This is first bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicant, as he was arrested in connection with Crime No. 186/2024 registered at Police Station – Doundilohara, District – Balod (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 318(4), 61(2) & 3(5) of BNS Act,2023. 2. The case of the prosecution in brief is that preset applicant alongwith other co-accused person, accused persons and one Kholbehra Nishad came to the house of the complainant Veena Goti and on 17.09.2024 advised her to constitute a group of 3 to 4 women and with the help VAISHALI LUCKY NAGARIA Digitally signed by VAISHALI LUCKY NAGARIA 2 of Kholbehra Nishad they have got some loan for the name of the said group from the bank and when the loan amount has been sectioned to the group, the said Kholbahra has invested the 90% of the loan amount in a scheme ad gave the remaining 10% amount to the member of the said group and so far as the aforesaid 90% of the amount is concerned, the installment has been paid by the said Kholbahra and with the aforesaid scheme according to the investigation, a sum of Rs. 23,95,162/-received by the said Kholbahra in between friend of the Kholbahra namely Rakesh Kumar Jangde and Devanand Sonwani but due to financial crisis when some loss has been occurred in the aforesaid finance scheme, the Kholbehra was unable to deposit the installment, then on the basis of the report of the complainant the offence has been registered against the Kholbahra and the others and the charge-sheet has been filed for the alleged commission of offence. 3. The learned counsel for the applicant submits that that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He would submit co-accused regular bail application has already been rejected in MCRC No.4779 of 2025 vide order dated 23.06.2025. He would submit that applicant is in jail since 07/03/2025 and charge sheet has been filed and conclusion of trial will take some time, therefore, he prays for grant of bail to the applicants. 4. On the other hand, learned State Counsel appearing for the respondent/State opposes the bail application and submits that the applicant alongwith other co-accused persons are alleged to have committed fraud with the complainant, therefore, he is not entitled for grant of bail. 3 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case, nature and gravity of offence, period of detention of the applicant, particularly considering the fact that applicant alongwith other co- accused persons are alleged to have committed fraud with the complainant, co-accused bail application has also been rejected by this Court in MCRC No.4779 of 2025 vide order dated 23.06.2025. therefore, looking to the conduct of the present applicant, this Court does not find it a fit case to release the applicant on bail. 7. Accordingly, this bail application of applicant – Seema Bai Oti, involved in Crime No. 186/2024 registered at Police Station – Doundilohara, District – Balod (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 318(4), 61(2) & 3(5) of BNS Act,2023 is rejected at this stage. 8. Office is directed to send a certified copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information and compliance forthwith. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice vaishali