1 2025:CGHC:56322 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 9331 of 2025 Amit Das Manikpuri S/o Keshav Das Manikpuri Aged About 19 Years R/o Village Karanja, Chowki Jevra-Sirsa, Police Station Pulgaon, District - Durg Chhattisgarh. ... Applicant versus State of Chhattisgarh Through The Station House OfÏcer, Police Chowki Jevra-Sirsa, Police Station Pulgaon, District Durg Chhattisgarh. ... Non-Applicant For Applicant : Mr. Jitendra Gupta, Advocate For Non-Applicant : Ms. Ankita Shukla, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice Order on Board 19.11.2025 1. The applicant has preferred this First Bail Application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’), for grant of regular bail, as he has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 247/2025 registered at Police Station- Sarkanda, District- Bilaspur, (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 269, 109 read with Section 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 2. The prosecution story in brief, is that on 30.06.2025 at about 11:00 PM, the present applicant, along with other co-accused persons, RAHUL DEWANGAN Digitally signed by RAHUL DEWANGAN 2 allegedly assaulted the injured Ashish Thakur with a knife. Consequently, a crime was registered for the aforementioned offences against the applicant and the co-accused, and a charge sheet has been filed before the concerned court. Hence, this bail application. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He further submits that there are four accused persons including the present applicant and they have been arrested only on the basis of the suspicious. He further submits that neither he is involved in the aforesaid offence nor he has nay connection with the aforesaid crime. He further submits that the injury of the victim on his body, which is simple in nature and further there is no intention. He also submits that one of the co-accused person has already been granted bail by this Hon’ble Court. He further submits that the applicant has no previous criminal antecedents and he is in jail since 01.07.2025 and the trial is likely to take some time for its conclusion. Therefore, he prays for grant of bail to the applicant. 4. On the other hand, the learned State counsel opposed the bail application of the present applicant and submitted that the charge- sheet has been submitted before the competent Court. She also submits that the present applicant is the main accused among the four persons involved in the incident. It is submitted that the applicant assaulted the injured Ashish Thakur with a knife, targeting vital parts of his body. The injured sustained a total of eight injuries, five incised wounds, one lacerated wound, and two abrasions. The 3 knife injuries were inflicted on the upper back, mid-back, lower back, and the left flank region. It is further submitted that the injured had to undergo surgery for the said wounds, and as per the query report as well as the medical opinion, the injuries are grievous in nature and dangerous to life. Therefore, considering the severity of the assault and the role attributed to the applicant, he is not entitled to the grant of regular bail 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. Considering the overall facts and circumstances of the case, the material collected during investigation, and the nature of allegations against the present applicant, this Court finds that the applicant is assigned the role of the main assailant who inflicted multiple knife injuries on the vital parts of the injured Ashish Thakur. The medical documents reveal that the injured sustained eight injuries, including five incised wounds, one lacerated wound, and two abrasions, on the upper back, mid-back, lower back, and left flank region, for which he had to undergo surgery. The query report and the doctor’s opinion also categorize the injuries as grievous and dangerous to life. Though one of the co-accused has been granted bail by this Court, but the case of the present applicant stands on a different footing, as he is attributed the principal role of causing the life- threatening injuries with a deadly weapon. In view of the gravity of the offence, the severity of injuries, and the specific overt act assigned to the applicant, this Court is of the opinion that it is not a fit case to enlarge the applicant on regular bail, accordingly, the bail 4 application of applicant – Amit Das Manikpuri, involved in Crime No. 247/2025 registered at Police Station- Sarkanda, District- Bilaspur, (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 269, 109 read with Section 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, is rejected. 7. Needless to say that the trial Court concerned is at liberty to proceed and conclude the trial expeditiously. 8. OfÏce is directed to send a certified copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information and compliance. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Rahul Dewangan