1 2025:CGHC:47817 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRCA No. 1433 of 2025 Amit Sippi S/o Shri Rameshwar Sippi Aged About 33 Years R/o Village- Kandul, Thana And Tahsil- Arjunda, Distt.- Balod (C.G.). ... Applicant versus The State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Station House Officer, Police Station- Arjunda, Distt.-Balod (C.G.) ... Respondent For Applicant : Mr. Sunil Sahu, Advocate. For Non-Applicant/State : Ms. Ankita Shukla, Panel lawyer. Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 17.09.2025 1. This first anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Sanhita, 2023 has been filed by the applicant, who is apprehending his arrest in connection with Crime No. 122/2025 registered at Police Station – Arjunda, District – Balod (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 221,121(1), 324(3), 191(1), 296, 351(3), 115(2), 331(3), 126(2) & 132 of BNS. 2. The prosecution story in brief is that, on 17.08.2025, between 9:30 am to 10:30 am the applicant along with other co-accused persons entered the premises of the Electricity Distribution Center, Tehsil VAIBHAV SINGH Digitally signed by VAIBHAV SINGH Date: 2025.09.18 11:37:21 +0530 2 Arjunda, District-Balod expressing their grievances pertaining to an outage of electrical supply in their village for a duration of three days. In the course of the interaction, the villagers allegedly employed abusive language and issued threats of lethal harm towards the staff members present. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. The complaint has been filed only to implicate the villagers who had protested against the electricity department regarding non-supply of electricity in their village for the last three days. The applicant, along with other villagers, had merely gone to the Electricity Office to raise a grievance, during which the alleged incident occurred and the injuries sustained were simple in nature. It is further submitted that the police have registered the case against the entire mob, indiscriminately including all the male members present at the spot, without assigning any specific role to the applicant in the commission of the alleged offence. The complainant has not attributed any overt act to the applicant. Significantly, other co-accused persons, whose cases stand on an identical footing, have already been granted anticipatory bail by this Hon’ble Court, and the applicant seeks similar relief. A copy of the bail order of the co-accused is filed herewith as Annexure A-3. It is also submitted that the offences alleged are triable by the Learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, and apart from the memorandum of the applicant, there exists no admissible legal evidence against him. Thus, no prima facie case is made out. The applicant undertakes to appear before the Investigating Officer as and when directed, to cooperate fully with the investigation, and to answer all queries. The applicant is 3 further willing to furnish adequate security and abide by any terms and conditions that may be imposed by this Hon’ble Court while granting anticipatory bail. In view of the above facts and circumstances, it is humbly prayed that this Hon’ble Court may kindly enlarge the applicant on anticipatory bail. 4. On the other hand, the 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. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the nature of the dispute, and the material available in the case diary, particularly as the co-accused has already been granted bail by the trial court in MCRCA No. 1315 of 2025 vide order dated 01.09.2025, without commenting further on the merits of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the applicant. 7. Accordingly, the instant MCRCA is allowed and it is directed that in the event of arrest of the applicant – Amit Sippi, on executing a personal bond and 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 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 4 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 his adhaar card along with a coloured 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 Vaibhav