1 CGHC010225032026 2026:CGHC:29059 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRCA No. 895 of 2026 Gaurav Dhankar S/o Kanhaiya Dhankar Aged About 25 Years R/o Gauri Ganesh Colony, In Front Of Uslapur Railway Station, Bilaspur, Police Station Civil Line, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh ... Applicant(s) versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Police Station Civil Line, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Applicant(s) : Mr. Shashank Upadhyay, Advocate. For Respondent(s) : Mr. Vinod Tekam, Government Advocate. Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 10.07.2026 1. This first anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) has been filed by the applicant, who is apprehending his arrest in connection with Crime No.760/2026 registered at Police Station 2 Civil Line, District Bilaspur (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Section 69 of the BNS. 2. Prosecution case in brief is that the complainant/victim lodged a written complaint on 02.06.2026 at Police Station Civil Lines, Bilaspur, alleging that the applicant was her classmate at Holy Cross School and they were well acquainted. It is alleged that after they returned from a trip to Amarkantak on 23.07.2024, the applicant met her at Vandana Hospital, Uslapur, Bilaspur, and proposed marriage, which she initially ignored. Thereafter, on 25.07.2024, the applicant allegedly took the victim to his house and established physical relations with her on the false promise of marriage. It is further alleged that from 01.08.2024 to 30.03.2026, the applicant repeatedly had sexual intercourse with the victim on the same promise, but subsequently refused to marry her. On the basis of the said complaint, Crime No. 760/2026 was registered against the applicant at Police Station Civil Lines, Bilaspur, for the offence punishable under Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Hence, the bail application. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. He further submits that the applicant and the victim were classmates at Holy Cross School and had known each other for several years. They were close friends and entered into a consensual love relationship during their school days, which continued till March 3 2026. Thereafter, at the wish of the victim, both amicably ended their relationship. He also submits that after about two months of the consensual breakup, the victim allegedly lodged a false criminal complaint against the present applicant with an ulterior motive, despite the relationship having ended peacefully, hence he prays for grant of anticipatory bail to the applicant. 4. On the other hand, learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail and submits that the applicant allegedly established physical relations with the victim on the false promise of marriage and continued to have sexual intercourse with her from 01.08.2024 to 30.03.2026 and subsequently refused to marry her, therefore, the applicant is not entitled for grant of bail. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. Considering the nature of the allegations, the material available in the case diary, and the fact that though the applicant allegedly established physical relations with the victim on the false promise of marriage and continued to have sexual intercourse with her multiple times and subsequently refused to marry her, but considering the fact that victim and the applicant were in consensual relationship since 2024, on account of which, they established physical relationship multiple times, wherein victim was the consenting party and when their relationship could not 4 materialized, victim lodged present FIR against the applicant to harass him, as such, without further commenting anything on merits, this Court find it appropriate to grant anticipatory bail to the applicant. 7. 7. Accordingly, the instant MCRCA is allowed and it is directed that in the event of arrest of the applicant - Gaurav Dhankar, on executing a personal bond with one surety in the like sum to the satisfaction of the arresting Officer, he shall be released on bail on the following conditions:- (a) He shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such fact to the Court. (b) He shall not act in any manner which will be prejudicial to fair and expeditious trial. (c) He shall appear before the trial Court on each and every date given to him by the said Court till disposal of the trial. (d) The applicant and the surety shall submit a copy of their adhaar card alongwith a colored postcard full size photo having printed the adhaar number on it, which shall be verified by the trial Court. (e) He shall not involve himself in any offence of similar nature in future. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) CHIEF JUSTICE Akhil