1 2025:CGHC:47331 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 6898 of 2025 Manjeet Tondon S/o Maniram Tondon, Aged About 19 Years R/o Village Vicharpur, P.S. Lalpur District Mungeli, C.G. ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through P.S. Pandariya, District – Kabirdham, C.G. …. Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. Faiz Kazi, Advocate. For Non-applicant/State : Ms. Smriti Shrivastava, Panel Lawyer. Hon’ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 15.09.2025 1. This is the Second bail application 0led under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicant arrested in connection with Crime No. 178/2024 registered at Police Station – Pandariya, District – Kabirdham (C.G.) for the o;ence punishable under Sections 457 and 380/34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on a complaint lodged by one Raghunath stating that on 01.05.2024, he 0lled water by using the Tullu Pump and went to sleep. Next morning when he woke up, he found that the Tullu Pump which was installed in his courtyard was RAJSHEKHAR SONI Digitally signed by RAJSHEKHAR SONI 2 missing. The said Tullu pump was used and was worth Rs. 1,000/-. Thereafter, the complainant inquired about that Tullu Pump in the neighbourhood but nobody knew about it. On the complaint of Raghunath, the Police registered the crime. Hence, this application. 3. First bail application of the applicant was rejected by this Court vide order dated 26.11.2024 passed in MCRC No.8169/2024. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that the applicant is in jail since 07.08.2024, and the conclusion of the trial shall take quite long time. Therefore, he prays for grant of bail. 5. On the other hand, learned State counsel, opposes this second bail application and submits that the applicant is involved in 9 criminal cases including the present one, whereby the applicant has committed a theft of money in cash, gold and silver ornaments, Tullu Pump, window, iron rods, motor pumps, wire, board of the kachha house, agricultural tools, clothes, jewelry items, from the house of the complainants of the said cases, and during the course of investigation the applicant was taken into custody and on his memorandum the stolen articles were seized for which there was no any plausible explanation given by the applicant and he was found to be a habitual o;ender, on which basis the 0rst bail application of the applicant was already rejected. As such, this second bail application deserves to be rejected. 6. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 3 7. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and also considering the fact that the applicant is involved in 9 criminal cases including the present one, whereby the applicant has committed a theft of money in cash, gold and silver ornaments, Tullu Pump, window, iron rods, motor pumps, wire, board of the kachha house, agricultural tools, clothes, jewelry items, from the house of the complainants of the said cases, and during the course of investigation the applicant was taken into custody and on his memorandum the stolen articles were seized for which there was no any plausible explanation given by the applicant and he was found to be a habitual o;ender, on which basis the 0rst bail application of the applicant was already rejected, and there appears to be no any good ground raised by the counsel for the applicant in the present bail application, therefore, this Court is of the opinion that it is not a 0t case to enlarge the applicant on regular bail. 8. 8. Accordingly, this second bail application of applicant – Manjeet Tondon involved in Crime No. 178/2024 registered at Police Station – Pandariya, District – Kabirdham (C.G.) for the o;ence punishable under Sections 457 and 380/34 of the IPC, is rejected at this stage. 9. Needless to say that the trial Court concerned is at liberty to proceed and conclude the trial expeditiously. 10. OBce is directed to send a certi0ed copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information and compliance forthwith. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Rajshekhar