1 2025:CGHC:38084 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 5677 of 2025 Shersingh Devdas aged about 34 years, S/o Dhanush Das Devdas, R/o Village – Amodi, Post-Samoda, Tehsil Aarang, P.S.-Kharora, Distt:- Raipur (C.G.) ... Applicant Versus State of Chhattisgarh, through P.S. Kharora, Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) ... Respondent (Cause title is taken from Case Information System Software.) For Applicant : Mr. Anway Tiwari, Advocate through VC. For State : Mr. Ajay Pandey, G.A. Hon’ble Smt. Justice Rajani Dubey Order on Board 01/08/2025 1. The accused/applicant has moved this First Bail Application under Section 483 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for releasing him on regular bail during trial in connection with Crime No.73/2018, registered at Police Station Kharora, District Raipur (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B and Section 34 of IPC. Digitally signed by RAVVA UTTEJ KUMAR RAJU 2 2. The prosecution story, in brief, is that the applicant along with other co- accused person namely Kamlesh Sahu who was working as Patwari at the relevant time, had committed an offence of preparing forged Rin- pustika, which was used for obtaining Bank Loan. It has been alleged that subsequently the loan was not repaid to the concerned Bank enquired about the beneficiary and Rin-pustika, on the basis wherefrom the loan was taken. Then it came to be revealed that the Rin-pustika was a forged one. Based on this, offence has been registered against the applicant. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the crime in question. He further submits that the other co-accused persons have already been granted bail in different-different crime numbers including the present crime number by this Court vide MCRC No. 332382018, MCRC No. 5888/2016, MCRC No. 3338/2016, MCRC No. 5579/2016 and MCRCA No. 577/2016, so the applicant may also be granted benefit of bail. The applicant is in jail since 20.05.2025 and there is no likelihood of his case being decided in near future and, therefore, the present applicant may be released on bail. 4. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposes the bail application of the applicant. 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 of allegation and further considering the fact that the co- accused persons have already been granted bail in different-different crime numbers including the present crime number by this Court vide 3 MCRC No. 332382018, MCRC No. 5888/2016, MCRC No. 3338/2016, MCRC No. 5579/2016 and MCRCA No. 577/2016, and by the Coordinate Bench of this Court and the trial is likely to take some time in its conclusion, this Court is of the view that it is a fit case to release the applicants on bail. 7. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. The applicant/accused is directed to be released on bail on his executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs. 1,00,000/- with one local surety of the like amount to the satisfaction of the Trial Court on the following conditions that :- “a. He shall appear before the trial court regularly on each and every date unless exempted from appearance. b. He shall not make any attempt to tamper with the prosecution witnesses. c. He shall not misuse the liberty granted by this Court in any condition whatsoever, failing which the bail granted to them shall stand cancelled.” Sd/- (Rajani Dubey) Judge U.K. Raju