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2025:CGHC:54968
NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 7970 of 2025 1 - Himanshu Sahu S/o Keshri Lal Sahu Aged About 18 Years R/o Bhanpuri Police Station Lalbagh District- Rajnandgaon, (C.G.)
... Applicant (s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through- Sho Police Station Deori District- Balod (C.G.)
... Respondent(s) For Applicant (s) : Shri Aman Tamrakar, Advocate For Respondent/State : Shri Vivek Sharma, PL
(Hon’ble Shri Justice Arvind Kumar Verma)
Order on Board 11/11/2025 The applicant has filed this bail application under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagrrik Suraksha Sanhita for grant of regular bail as he is in custody in connection with Crime No. 86/2025 registered at police station Deori, District Balod (CG) for the offence punishable under SUGUNA DUBEY Digitally signed by SUGUNA DUBEY Date: 2025.11.13 11:14:06 +0530
2 Sections 137(2), 351(3),206, 115(2), 64(2)(m) of BNSS and Sections 5(L)/6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and 66(d) of IT Act.
2. Case of the prosecution in brief is that complainant lodged a complaint at police station Deori that in between 08.01.2024 to 19.06.2025 she was in love and relation with the applicant and the applicant has developed physical relations with her by giving false pretext of marriage. It is alleged that thereafter the applicant refused to marry her and the FIR was registered against the present applicant.
3. Counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the case. He submits that the prosecutrix and the applicant were having love affair and she was a consenting party. He further submits that the victim has not supported the prosecution case in her statement before the trial court. He further submits that the applicant is in jail since 21.06.2025, the charge sheet has been filed and the trial is likely to take some time, he is ready and willing to comply with any of the conditions which may be imposed upon him and thus, it is submitted that the application be allowed and the applicant be released on bail.
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Learned counsel for the respondent/State, on the other hand, has opposed the bail application.
5. Victim and her mother appeared through the concerned DLSA and she has raised no objection for grant of bail.
6. Heard counsel for the parties and perused the record.
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7. On due consideration of the rival submissions and the fact that the prosecutrix and the applicant were having love affair; she has not supported the prosecution case and the applicant is in jail since 21.06.2025, the charge sheet has been filed and looking to the fact that the final disposal of the trial is likely to take sufficiently long time, the present application deserves to be allowed. Accordingly, his bail application is allowed.
8. It is directed that in the event of applicant executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs. 10,000/- with one surety to the satisfaction of the concerned trial court, he shall be released on bail on the following conditions: i) He/she shall appear before the trial court regularly on each and every date, unless exempted from appearance. ii) He/she shall not make any attempt to tamper with the prosecution witnesses. Iii) the applicant is directed not to communicate/contact in any manner with the prosecutrix, her family members and the witnesses cited in the charge sheet any other person concerned or attempt to ask for any favour in the trial directly or indirectly. Sd/- (Arvind Kumar Verma) Judge