1 2025:CGHC:59786 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 8316 of 2025 1 - Dev Narayan Sahu S/o Late Badriprasad Sahu Aged About 42 Years, 2 - Hemant Sahu S/o Late Badriprasad Sahu Aged About 40 Years, 3 - Tuleshwar Prasad Sahu S/o Late Badriprasad Sahu Aged About 34 Years, 4 - Rupesh Sahu S/o Dwarika Prasad Sahu Aged About 29 Years, All R/o Village Mahkam Chowki And Tahsil Sonakhan, P.S. Kasdol, District Baloda Bazar - Bhatapara (C.G.) 5 - Ramnarayan Sahu S/o Suritram Sahu Aged About 48 Years R/o Village Bilari, P.S. Shivrinarayan, District - Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) 6 - Anil Shankar Sahu S/o Dwarika Prasad Aged About 34 Years R/o Village Lacchanpur, P.S. Janjgir, District - Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) ... Applicants versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through - S.H.O. Police Station Kasdol District Balodabazar-Bhatapara (C.G.) ... Respondent GOURI MUDALIAR Digitally signed by GOURI MUDALIAR Date: 2025.12.11 18:05:46 +0530 2 For Applicants : Shri Nishi Kant Sinha, Advocate. For Respondent/State : Shri Jitendra Shrivastava, GA. Hon’ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 09.12.2025 1. This is the First bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicants arrested in connection with Crime No. 430/2025 registered at Police Station – Kasdol District Balodabazar- Bhatapara (C.G.) for the offence punishable under sections 318 (4), 316 (5),318 (3), 3 (5), 111 of BNS. 2. The prosecution story in brief is that on 25.08.2023 complainant Rajkumar Yadu came in contact of co-accused Ramnarayan Sahu and his son Gulshan Sahu and during that he was offered to invest in share trading to double the amount invested, On such assurance the complainant invested Rs. 37,50,000/ and 24,00,000/- through cash and rest amount was transferred in bank account of Devnarayan and Janki Sahu, total sum of Rs. 81,00,000/- was invested to be doubled in period of two years, but applicants did not returned the amount thereby committed cheating with the complainant. Hence the offence has been registered. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the applicants submits that the applicants are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the 3 present case. He would submit that the present applicants have been made accused only of the basis of the factual backdrop that the applicants are younger brother and brother in law of the accused named Ramnarayan Sahu respectively. However there is no allegation on the present applicants to be involved in the aforementioned offence & FIR and the applicants are family members of the co-accused persons, and therefore have been made accused just to harass the applicant's family, whereas no allegation of involvement in cheating has been attributed to the applicants, only there account were used by the co-accused for share market business purpose. It is further submitted that the applicants have been in judicial custody since 25/06/2025, it is respectfully prayed that the applicants may be released on bail. 4. Learned State Counsel opposes the bail application and submits that the applicants induced the complainant to invest Rs.81,00,000/- on the false promise of doubling the amount, misappropriated the invested sum, and thereby committed a serious offence of cheating. In view of the seriousness of the allegations, the large sums involved, and the prima facie evidence on record, it is further submitted that the applicants have three previous criminal antecedents, therefore, they are not entitled to the benefit of regular bail. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature and 4 gravity of the offence, and upon perusal of the case diary, it is evident that the applicants, in connivance with the co-accused, induced the complainant to invest a substantial sum of Rs.81,00,000/- on the false assurance of doubling the amount, and thereafter failed to return the money, thereby prima facie committed a serious offence of cheating, considering the seriousness of the allegations, the organized and premeditated nature of the cheating, the large sums involved, this Court is of the opinion that it is not a fit case to enlarge the applicants on regular bail. 7. 7. Accordingly, this bail application of applicants – Dev Narayan Sahu, Hemant Sahu, Tuleshwar Prasad Sahu, Rupesh Sahu, Ramnarayan Sahu & Anil Shankar Sahu involved in Crime No.430/2025 registered at Police Station – Kasdol District Balodabazar-Bhatapara (C.G.) for the offence punishable under sections 318 (4), 316 (5),318 (3), 3 (5), 111 of BNS, is rejected. 8. Needless to say that the trial Court concerned is at liberty to proceed and conclude the trial expeditiously. 9. Office is directed to send a certified copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information and compliance forthwith. /-S Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice gouri