1 2026:CGHC:12076 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No.1891 of 2026 Harpal Singh @ Chhotu Rajput Son Of Shiv Singh Rajput Aged About 45 Years Resident Of Saraswati Nagar, Ward No. 34, Police Station City Kotwali, Durg, District - Durg, Chhattisgarh ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Station House Officer, Police Of Police Station Pulgaon, District - Durg, Chhattisgarh. ... Non-Applicant For Applicant :Shri Praveen Dhurandhar, Advocate. For Non-Applicant/State :Shri Anish Tiwari, Dy. G.A. Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal Order on Board 13.03.2026 1. This is the 1st bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to SISTLA NEELIMA VISHNU PRIYA Digitally signed by SISTLA NEELIMA VISHNU PRIYA Date: 2026.03.16 10:43:07 +0530 2 the Applicant, who has been arrested in connection with Crime No.348/2025 registered at Police Station – Pulgaon, District – Durg, Chhattisgarh for the offence under Sections 103 and 61(2) of the BNS, 2023. 2. As per the prosecution case, on 24.08.2025 Kotwar Dhaneshram Devangan informed Police Outpost Nagpura that an unknown person was lying dead in an Amla garden at Nagpura. After inquest, the body was sent to the mortuary where it was identified by Smt. Anjani Thakur as her husband, Dhanesh Thakur, who had left home on 22.08.2025 and did not return. During investigation, it was revealed that Applicant Harpal Singh had illicit relations with co-accused Smt Anjani Thakur and frequently visited her house and on interrogation both made memorandums admitting that they had conspired and murdered the deceased. 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 there are 28 witnesses and no examination is done and the case is based on circumstantial evidence i.e. CC TV footage and mobile location. He lastly submits that the Applicant is 3 in jail since 27.08.2025 and the trial is likely to take considerable time for its conclusion, therefore, he may be granted bail. 4. On the other hand, learned Counsel for the State opposed the bail application and submitted that the Applicant made an extra- judicial confession before Lekhchand and Pradeep Sinha and certain articles like clothes and a mobile phone were seized at his instance, therefore, he is not entitled to be released on bail. 5. Having considered the submissions made by learned Counsel for the parties and the facts and material available on record, further considering that the Applicant made an extra-judicial confession before Lekhchand and Pradeep Sinha and trial has not commenced, without further commenting anything on the merits of the case, I am not inclined to release the Applicant on regular bail. 6. Accordingly, the instant bail application is rejected. However, the concerned trial Court is directed to expedite trial. Sd/- (Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal) Judge Priya