1 2026:CGHC:5053 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 1008 of 2026 Umesh Chouhan S/o Shyam Sunder Chouhan Aged About 27 Years Resident Of Kamrai P.S. Kapu District- Raigarh- Chhattisgarh. ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through- Station House Officer Police Station- Kapu, District – Raigarh (C.G.) ---- Non-applicant For Applicant : Ms. Preeti Yadav, Advocate. For Non-applicant/State : Ms. Nupoor Trivedi, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice Order on Board 29.01.2026 1. This is the First bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicant arrested in connection with Crime No. 180/2025 registered at Police Station – Kapu, District – Raigarh (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 115(2), 296, 332(C), 351(2), 74 and 75(2) of BNS. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the victim has made oral complaint to the concerned Police Station alleging that on the date of incident three persons Umesh Chouhan (Applicant), Dinesh Rathiya and Manjit Singh came in her house and they have consumed liquor at courtyard fo her house and thereafter, they have used filthy language and tried to outrage her modesty and assaulted upon injured persons by hand and fist, as resultant, the injured RAJSHEKHAR SONI Digitally signed by RAJSHEKHAR SONI 2 persons have received simple injuries and thereafter, they run away from the spot. Hence, this application. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. It has been further submitted that the applicant is the only member in his family and has prayed for grant of bail. The applicant is in jail since 14.11.2025, and the conclusion of the trial shall take quite long time. Therefore, he prays for grant of bail. 4. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposes the bail application and submits that from the perusal of the case-diary and statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of BNSS, it transpires that the applicant is involved in the present case and there are 2 victims of the case who are friends and applicant has tried to outrage the modesty one after other, and further when the victims came to resistance, he also assaulted the victims and both of them have received simple injuries but the statement of the victim fully corroborates with the allegations made against the applicant, moreover, there are two criminal antecedents of the applicant which shows that he is a habitual offender. As such, the bail application deserves to be rejected. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and also considering the fact that the charge-sheet has been filed in 3 the present case, and from the perusal of the case-diary and statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of BNSS, it transpires that the applicant is involved in the present case and there are 2 victims of the case who are friends and applicant has tried to outrage the modesty one after other, and further when the victims came to resistance, he also assaulted the victims and both of them have received simple injuries but the statement of the victim fully corroborates with the allegations made against the applicant, moreover, there are two criminal antecedents of the applicant which shows that he is a habitual offender, thus, this Court is of the opinion that it is not a fit case to enlarge the applicant on regular bail. 7. 7. Accordingly, this bail application of applicant – Umesh Chouhan involved in Crime No. 180/2025 registered at Police Station – Kapu, District – Raigarh (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 115(2), 296, 332(C), 351(2), 74 and 75(2) of BNS, is rejected at this stage. 8. Needless to say that the trial Court concerned is at liberty to proceed with the trial and conclude the same, expeditiously. 9. Office is directed to send a certified copy of this order to trial Court concerned for necessary information and compliance forthwith. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Rajshekhar