1 / 3 2025:CGHC:58181 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRA No. 2407 of 2025 Karan Vishwakarma S/o Shri Ajay Vishwakarma Aged About 21 Years R/o Namnakala Naagmata Gali, Ambikapur District Sarguja (C.G.) --- Appellant versus State of Chhattisgarh Through - The Station House Officer, Police Station - Gandhi Nagar, District Sarguja (C.G.) --- Respondent CRA No. 2201 of 2025 Motiram Yadav S/o Dashrath Ram Aged About 45 Years R/o Rampur P.S. Manipur Ambikapur District Surguja Chhattisgarh ---Appellant Versus State of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Police Station Gandhinagar, District Surguja Chhattisgarh --- Respondent For Appellant in CRA No.2407 of 2025 : Mr. Dashrath Kushwaha, Advocate For Appellant in CRA No.2201of 2025 : Mr. Pavas Sharma, Advocate For State /Respondent : Mr. Karan Kumar Bahrani, Panel Lawyer (Hon’ble Shri Justice Arvind Kumar Verma) Order on Board 01/12/2025 ASHUTOSH MISHRA Digitally signed by ASHUTOSH MISHRA Date: 2025.12.04 11:00:20 +0530 2 / 3 1. Since both these appeals are arising out of the same crime number, therefore, they are being heard and decided together by this common order. 2. The instant appeals under Section 14-A (2) of the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989 have been filed by the appellants being aggrieved by the impugned order dated 29/09/2025 passed by the learned Special Judge (Atrocities) Surguja, Ambikapur, C.G. in Special Sessions (Atrocities) Case No.43/2025 whereby the application under Section 483 of B.N.S.S. of the appellants has been rejected. 3. The appellants have preferred these appeals for grant of regular bail as they are arrested in connection with Crime No.369/2025 registered in Police Station Gandhi Nagar, Surguja, C.G. for offence punishable under sections 140(2), 0140(3), 61(2) of BNS 2023 and under Sections 3 (2) (v), 3(2) (V-a) of the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 4. As per the prosecution case, the applicants along with other co-accused persons namely Raju alias Maharaj, Bahadur Jaiswal, Bikki alias Purab Kushwaha, Dhananjay Giri, Karan Vishwakarma and other persons hatched conspiracy to kidnap the complainant Shankar Dayal Ravi and kidnapped him and demanded ransom and kept him as hostage in connection with a previous land dispute matter and also beaten him. Thereafter, on the basis of the complaint of the complainant the appellants were arrested. 3 / 3 5. Learned counsel for the appellants would submit that the main accused in this case is one Bahadur Jaiswal and the present appellants had no knowledge regarding any dispute and they have been falsely implicated. He would lastly contend that the appellants are lodged in jail and the trial will take some more time, therefore, the appellants may be enlarged on bail. 6. Per contra, learned State counsel opposes the prayer for grant of bail. 7. Complainant appeared through video conferencing from DLSA Surguja, and he objected for grant of bail to the appellants. 8. I have heard learned counsel for the parties at length and perused the record. 9. Considering the entire facts & circumstances of the case and the nature of allegations as the appellants kidnapped the complainant and kept in captivity and demanded ransom and objection raised by the complainant regarding grant of bail, therefore, I am not inclined to allow these appeals and release the appellants on bail. 10. Accordingly, both the criminal appeals are dismissed. SD/- (Arvind Kumar Verma) JUDGE ashu