1 2026:CGHC:24012 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR M.Cr.C No.4933 of 2026 Kamal Janbandhu S/o Maheswar Singh Aged About 19 Years R/o House No.46 Village Jaitgudara, District Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through- Station House Officer, Police Station Lalbagh District Rajnandgaon (C.G.) ... Non-applicant For Applicant :Mr. Aditya Bharadwaj, Advocate. Non-Applicant/State :Ms. Laxmin Kashyap, PL. Hon'ble Shri Justice Radhakishan Agrawal Order on Board 16.06.2026 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: 2026.06.16 17:23:20 +0530 2 No.119/2026 registered at Police Station - Lalbagh, District Rajnandgaon for the offence under Sections 137(2) and 64 of BNS 2023 as also under Section 4 of POCSO Act. 2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the complainant reported that on 23.03.2026, the prosecutrix disclosed that on 31.12.2025, the Applicant had taken her with him on the pretext of love and marriage and thereafter established physical relations with her against her will. It is further alleged that as a consequence thereof, the prosecutrix became pregnant. Upon experiencing abdominal pain, she was taken for medical treatment and was admitted to the District Hospital, Rajnandgaon. On the basis of the aforesaid allegations, the present crime came to be registered against the 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. It is further submitted that the victim (PW-1) and her mother (PW-2) have not supported the case of the prosecution and turned hostile. He further submits that the Applicant is in jail since 26.03.2026 and the trial is likely to take quite some time for its conclusion, therefore, he may be enlarged on bail. 4. Per contra, learned State Counsel opposes the bail application. 3 5. Victim, along with her mother, has appeared through concerned DLSA and raised no objection with regard to grant of bail to the Applicant. 6. Having considered the submissions made by learned Counsel for the parties and the facts and circumstances of the case, further considering the Court statement of the victim, the pre- trial detention and trial is likely to take quite some time for its conclusion, without further commenting anything on the merits of the case, I am inclined to release the Applicant on regular bail. 7. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. The Applicant is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond in sum of Rs.25,000/- with one surety in the like sum to the satisfaction of the trial Court for his appearance before the said Court as and when directed in that behalf. Sd/- (Radhakishan Agrawal) Judge Priya