1 2026:CGHC:2751 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 614 of 2026 Chitra Manoj Rahandale Urf Chitra Thakur W/o Manoj Bisram Rahandale Aged About 37 Years R/o Itwari Railway Station Opposite Government Hospital, P.S. Shanti Nagar, District Nagpur (Maharastra) ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Police Of P.S. Mohan Nagar, District Durg C.G. … Non-applicant For Applicant : Ms. Shivali Dubey, Advocate. ( through V.C.) For Non-applicant/State : Mr. Priyank Rathi, Government Advocate. Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 16.01.2026 1. This is the first bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sahita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No.222/2025 registered at Police Station – Mohan Nagar District - Durg (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Section 21(a) & VAIBHAV SINGH Digitally signed by VAIBHAV SINGH Date: 2026.01.19 16:57:31 +0530 2 27(a) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and Section 112(2) of the BNSS. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 25.05.2025, a secret information was received that 2 person from sabzi mandi Sikola Bhata Durg has kept pouches of brown sugar in their motorcycle bearing no. CG 07 BL 9620 for illegal selling. On the basis of the said information police after reaching the place of incident by putting barricades stopped and caught two people namely Devendra Vishwakarma and Karan Rangari further from their possession cash amounting 3700 and 1300 were seized subsequently further searing their vehicle the police seized pouch of grams of brown sugar. 3. The applicant respectfully submits that he is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case, there is no sufficient or cogent material available on record to connect her with the alleged offence, as nothing has been recovered from her personal or conscious possession. The entire record does not establish that the applicant was the owner of the alleged vehicle or that she was present at the spot at the time of the incident. The applicant has been implicated solely on the basis of the memorandum statement of co-accused Sohel Solanki, who has already been enlarged on bail by this Hon’ble High Court, and the other co- accused have also been granted bail. The implication of the applicant on the basis of her past record, in which she has already been granted bail, cannot be treated as a valid ground to deny bail 3 in the present case. The applicant is a permanent resident as mentioned in the cause title, there is no likelihood of her absconding or tampering with evidence, and she is ready to furnish adequate security and abide by all terms and conditions that may be imposed by this Hon’ble Court. Therefore, in the interest of justice, the applicant deserves to be enlarged on bail. 4. On the other hand, learned State Counsel vehemently opposes the bail application and submits that the present applicant has a criminal history involving two antecedents of a similar nature. It is contended that Crime No. 76 of 2024 has been registered against the applicant at Police Station Durg for offences punishable under Sections 21(b) and 27-A of the NDPS Act, and Crime No. 248 of 2021 has also been registered against her for offences punishable under Sections 8(c) and 21(b) of the NDPS Act in the State of Maharashtra. The learned State Counsel argues that these antecedents clearly demonstrate that the applicant is a habitual offender involved in narcotic offences. Therefore, considering the nature and gravity of the offence and the applicant’s past conduct, the present applicant is not entitled to the discretionary relief of bail and the application deserves to be dismissed. 5. I have heard learned counsel appearing for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. Considering the fact that the applicant has 02 criminal antecedent under the NDPS Act, which shows that the present applicant is a 4 habitual offender and also in light of the judgment rendered by the Supreme Court in Deepak Yadav v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Another, reported in (2022) 8 SCC 559, wherein the Hon’ble Supreme Court had cancelled the bail granted to the accused therein on the ground that the accused had previous antecedents, this Court is of the opinion that it is not a fit case to enlarge the applicant on regular bail. 7. Accordingly, the bail application of the applicant – Chitra Manoj Rahandale Urf Chitra Thakur, involved in Crime No.222/2025 registered at Police Station – Mohan Nagar District - Durg (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Section 21(a) & 27(a) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and Section 112(2) of the BNSS, is rejected. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice vaibhav