1 2026:CGHC:19417 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 3812 of 2026 Lavkesh Ravi @ Rinku S/o Surendra Ravi, Aged About 26 Years R/o Village Keshavnagar, P.S. Vishrampur, District Surajpur (C.G.) ... Applicant versus State of Chhattisgarh Through- Police Chowki - Basdei, Police Station- Surajpur, District- Surajpur (C.G.) ... Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. Satyendra Srivas, Advocate For Non-applicant/State : Ms. Ritika Verma, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice Order on Board 27.04.2026 1. This is the First bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 574/2025 registered at Police Chowki - Basdei, Police Station - Surajpur, District- Surajpur (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Sections 21(c), 27A and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. 2. The prosecution story, in brief, is that the present applicant is alleged to have supplied/sold prohibited injections to co-accused Dinesh Rao @ Babli. It is stated that on 19.10.2025, an FIR was initially lodged on the basis of an unnumbered Dehati Nalsi and RAHUL DEWANGAN Digitally signed by RAHUL DEWANGAN 2 subsequently registered at Police Station Surajpur as Crime No. 574/2025, as the alleged offence fell within its jurisdiction. As per the FIR, on the said date, the Chowki In-charge, Basdei, P.S. Surajpur, namely Yogendra Jaiswal, received information that one Rahi Khan, resident of village Sirsi Junapara, was in possession of prohibited drug injections for the purpose of illegal sale. Acting on the said information, a raid was conducted and Rahi Khan was apprehended, from whose possession 38 Avil injections (10 ml each) and 10 Rexogesic ampoules (2 ml each) were recovered from a brown bag, and he failed to produce any valid documents for the same. Thereafter, on the basis of the memorandum statement of Rahi Khan, co-accused Shravan Kumar Patil, Pawan Patil and Mohar Maniya were arrested, and further, on the basis of the memorandum statements of Shravan Patil and Mohar Maniya, co- accused Dinesh Rao @ Babli and his wife Soniya @ Bunty were arrested. Subsequently, on the basis of the memorandum statement of Dinesh Rao @ Babli, the present applicant came to be implicated and was arrested on 13.01.2026. Hence, the present bail application. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case and has no role in the alleged offence. It is contended that the FIR was initially lodged against other co-accused persons and the present applicant has been implicated and arrested solely on the basis of the memorandum statement of co-accused Dinesh Rao @ Babli, who himself was arrested on the basis of memorandum statements of co-accused Shravan Kumar Patil and Mohar Maniya, and they, in 3 turn, were implicated on the basis of the memorandum statement of Rahi Khan, thereby showing that the entire chain of implication is based only on disclosure statements, which are not admissible in evidence. It is further submitted that no prohibited article has been seized from the possession of the applicant and there is no cogent or independent evidence available on record connecting the applicant with the alleged offence. He submits that the learned trial Court has failed to appreciate that the essential ingredients of the offences under Sections 21(c), 27A and 29 of the NDPS Act are not made out against the present applicant. It is also contended that the applicant is not of such a nature as to threaten witnesses and there is no likelihood of tampering with evidence if he is released on bail. He submits that the applicant has no previous criminal antecedents, the charge-sheet has been submitted before the competent Court, and he is in jail since 13.01.2026 and conclusion of the trial may take some time, therefore, he prays for grant of regular bail to the present applicant. 4. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposes the bail application of the present applicant and submits that the charge- sheet has already been submitted before the competent Court. She further submits that the present applicant is a part of a chain of illegal supply of prohibited drug injections and has specifically been named by co-accused Dinesh Rao @ Babli in his memorandum statement as the supplier of such contraband. It is contended that the case reveals a well-organized network, wherein prohibited injections were being illegally possessed and sold, and the present applicant is an integral link in the said chain. It is further submitted 4 that the recovery of 38 Avil injections and 10 Rexogesic ampoules from the possession of the main accused constitutes quantity above the commercial quantity, attracting stringent provisions of the NDPS Act. She also submits that the applicant has been implicated on the basis of successive memorandum statements of co-accused persons, which prima facie establish his involvement in the offence, and the investigation has collected sufÏcient material against him. Considering the serious nature of allegations, the involvement of the applicant in illegal trafÏcking of narcotic substances, and the rigours of the NDPS Act, it is prayed that the applicant is not entitled to be released on bail. 5. I have heard learned counsel appearing for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, though the no recovery of the alleged contraband has been made from the present applicant, but this Court cannot ignore the prosecution case which discloses a well-organized chain of illegal possession and supply of prohibited drug injections. Further the fact that the co-accused Rahi Khan was apprehended and from his possession 38 Avil injections and 10 Rexogesic ampoules were seized, and thereafter, on the basis of his memorandum statement, co-accused Shravan Kumar Patil, Pawan Patil and Mohar Maniya were arrested, who in turn, in their memorandum statements disclosed the names of co-accused Dinesh Rao @ Babli and Soniya @ Bunty, and further, on the basis of the memorandum statement of Dinesh Rao @ Babli, the present applicant has been implicated as the supplier of the said prohibited 5 injections. The quantity of narcotic substance seized is above commercial quantity, thereby attracting the stringent provisions of the NDPS Act. Thus, the material available on record prima facie indicates that the applicant is a part of an organized network involved in illegal trafÏcking of prohibited substances. Considering the nature and gravity of the offence, the manner in which the offence has been committed, and the prima facie involvement of the applicant emerging from the chain of memorandum statements, and further it cannot be a case of false implication, this Court is not inclined to extend the benefit of bail to the applicant. 7. Accordingly, the bail application of the applicant – Lavkesh Ravi @ Rinku, involved in Crime No. 574/2025 registered at Police Chowki - Basdei, Police Station - Surajpur, District- Surajpur (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Sections 21(c), 27A and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, is rejected. 8. Needless to say that the trial Court concerned is at liberty to proceed and conclude the trial expeditiously. 9. OfÏce is directed to send a certified copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information and compliance forthwith. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Rahul Dewangan