1 2025:CGHC:55956 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 8177 of 2025 1 - Ramratan Seth S/o Late Kartikram Sahu, Aged About 23 Years R/o Village Dularpali, P.S. Saraipali, District Mahasamund (C.G.) ... Applicant(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Police Station Basna, District Mahasamund (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Shri Sudhir Kumar Sahu, Advocate For Respondent/State : Shri K.K.Baharani, PL (Hon’ble Shri Justice Arvind Kumar Verma) Order on Board 17/11/2025 The applicant has filed this bail application under Section 483 of the BNSS for grant of regular bail as he is in custody in connection with Crime No. 17/2022 registered at police station Basna, District Mahasamund (CG) for the offence punishable under Sections 2 363,366,376 and 376(2) (n) of IPC and Sections 4& 6 of the POCSO Act. 2. The case of the prosecution in brief is that on the date of incident, missing report was lodged by the complainant at police station Basna against unknown person alleging that the prosecutrix had left her home without informing her parents. During investigation, the police recovered her from the custody of the applicant and he was arrested. 4. Counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the case. He submits that they were having love affair and she eloped with the applicant and resided with the applicant for about two months. He submits that she has been examined before the trial court and has not supported the case of prosecution. He submits that the applicant is in jail since 13.03.2022, 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. 5. Learned counsel for the respondent/State, on the other hand, has opposed the bail application. 6. Victim appeared through the concerned DLSA and has raised no objection. 7. Heard counsel for the parties and perused the record. 3 8. On due consideration of the rival submissions and the fact that the applicant is in jail since 13.03.2022, the charge sheet has been filed and looking to the fact that the prosecutrix resided with the applicant for about two months and in her statement before the trial court she has turned hostile and 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. 9. 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 shall appear before the trial court regularly on each and every date, unless exempted from appearance. ii) He 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 SUGUNA DUBEY Digitally signed by SUGUNA DUBEY Date: 2025.11.19 11:19:00 +0530