1 2026:CGHC:11422 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No.2007 of 2026 Mahesh Sinha S/o Bilas Ram Sinha Aged About 48 Years R/o Village Margaon, Police Station Dongargaon, Tahsil Dongargaon, District Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer Police Station Dongargaon, District Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh ... Non-Applicant For Applicant :Shri Ratnesh Kumar Agrawal, Advocate. For Non-Applicant/State :Shri Akhilesh Kumar, G.A. Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal Order on Board 10.03.2026 1. This is the 1st 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 SISTLA NEELIMA VISHNU PRIYA Digitally signed by SISTLA NEELIMA VISHNU PRIYA Date: 2026.03.11 11:15:48 +0530 2 No.355/2025 registered at Police Station – Dongargaon, District – Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh for the offence under Section 103(1) of the BNS, 2023. 2. According to the prosecution case, the deceased Angeshwar went missing on the night of 09.11.2025 and subsequently his dead body was recovered from the well of Radhe Satnami situated at Village Bhargaon Khar. Based on the aforesaid allegations, offence as mentioned above, has been registered against the present Applicant. Hence, this application. 3. Learned counsel for the Applicant submits that the Applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that the case is based on the last seen theory, the blood stains recovered from the axe do not match with the blood of the deceased and the dead body was recovered from an open place. He lastly submits that the Applicant is in jail since 11.11.2025 and the trial is likely to take considerable time for its conclusion, therefore, he may be granted bail. 4. Per contra, learned Counsel for the State opposed the bail application and submitted that sufficient evidence has been collected against the Applicant, therefore, he is not entitled to be released on bail. 3 5. Having considered the submissions made by learned Counsel for the parties and the facts and circumstances of the case, further considering that trial has not commenced and sufficient evidence has been collected against the Applicant, without further commenting anything on the merits of the case, I am not inclined to release the Applicant on regular bail. 6. Accordingly, the bail application is rejected. Sd/- (Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal) Judge Priya