1 2025:CGHC:37928 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 6021 of 2025 Vedmati Gond W/o Vishram Aged About 60 Years R/o Village Khanda, Police Station Seepat District - Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Applicant(s) versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Station House Officer, Police Station Seepat District - Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Applicant(s) : None. For Respondent(s) : Mr. Amit Verma, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 01/08/2025 1. None appears nor is any representation made on behalf of the applicant to press this bail application when the case is called out. 2. It transpires from the record that the applicant is in jail since 21.06.2025. Hence, the Court proceeds to consider and hear the bail application of the applicant with the assistance of the State counsel. 3. The applicant has preferred this First Bail Application under Section 483 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular 2 bail, as he has been arrested in connection with Crime No.352/2025, registered at Police Station- Seepat District - Bilaspur (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 34(1)(A) (F) & 34(2) of the Chhattisgarh Excise Act. 4. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on June 21, 2025, during patrolling, the police at Seepat Police Station received secret information, which led to a raid. As a result, 130 bulk liters of illicit liquor were recovered from the possession of the applicant. A crime was registered against her, and she was arrested. Hence, the bail application. 5. Learned counsel for the State opposes the bail application and submits that in the present case, charge-sheet has not been filed and the quantity of liquor seized from the possession of applicant i.e. 130 bulk liters of illicit liquor. Hence, the applicant is not entitled for grant of bail. 6. I have perused the case diary. 7. Considering the fact and circumstances of the case, nature and gravity of offence levelled against the applicant and the fact that in the present case charge-sheet has not been filed and a huge quantity of liquor, totaling 130 bulk liters of illicit liquor was seized from the possession of the applicant without any valid licence and no plausible explanation has been offered in this regard. There is prima facie material suggesting the applicant's involvement in unauthorized possession and possibly distribution of illicit liquor, such activities have serious ramifications on public health and safety and are often linked with wider networks of illegal trade, 3 looking to the gravity and seriousness of this case, this Court is of the view that it is not a fit case to enlarge the applicant on bail. 8. Accordingly, the bail application of the applicant - Vedmati Gond, involved in Crime No.352/2025, registered at Police Station- Seepat District - Bilaspur (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 34(1)(A)(F) & 34(2) of the Chhattisgarh Excise Act, is rejected. 9. Needless to say that the trial Court concerned is at liberty to proceed and concluded the trial expeditiously. 10. Office is directed to send a certified copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information and compliance. 11. After passing of the order, Mr. Ajay Kumar Chandra, learned counsel for the applicant appeared and submitted that his presence may be marked. - Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Akhil