1 CGHC010267272026 2026:CGHC:30961 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR M.Cr.C(A) No.1155 of 2026 Haricharan @ Harcharan Singh S/o Shri Darshan Singh Aged About 42 Years R/o B-2. Maruti Home Hirapur Mahobabazar, Raipur District Raipur C.G. ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Police Station Mandir Hasaud District Raipur C.G. ... Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. Aditya Tiwari, Advocate. For Non-applicant/State : Mr. SS Baghel, G.A. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order On Board 21.07.2026 1. The Applicant has preferred this anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of Anticipatory Bail, apprehending his arrest in connection with Crime No.148/2026, registered at Police Station – Mandir Hasaud, Raipur (C.G.) for alleged SISTLA NEELIMA VISHNU PRIYA Digitally signed by SISTLA NEELIMA VISHNU PRIYA Date: 2026.07.22 11:28:21 +0530 2 commission of offence punishable under Sections 318(4), 317(2), 61(2), 112 and 3(5) of BNS as also under Section 182A(4) of MV Act. 2. As per the prosecution case, the complainant company had dispatched consignments of TMT steel bars for the construction of a women's hostel at Sector-16, Nava Raipur through different trailer vehicles. Upon delivery, shortage of TMT bars was detected and during inspection of one of the trailers, a concealed compartment containing pig iron was allegedly found, which had been used to substitute the stolen TMT bars. It is alleged that, pursuant to a pre-planned conspiracy, the trailer drivers, transporters, scrap dealer and vehicle owners had modified the trailers with hidden compartments to facilitate theft of the TMT bars during transit, causing wrongful loss of 10 metric tonnes of TMT bars valued at approximately Rs.6,90,000/-. During investigation, a substantial quantity of the stolen TMT bars, pig iron, cranes and electronic weighing machines allegedly used in the commission of the offence were seized and the present Applicant was implicated as one of the conspirators. On the basis of these allegations, offences mentioned above, were registered against the Applicant. Hence, this application. 3 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 name of the present Applicant surfaced only from the memorandum statement of the co-accused Amandeep Singh, who has already been granted regular bail. It is lastly submitted that the trial is likely to take quite considerable time for its conclusion, therefore, the present Applicant may be granted the benefit of anticipatory bail. 4. On the other hand, learned State Counsel opposes the application and submits that so far as the present Applicant is concerned, it is alleged that he had purchased the stolen TMT bars from the co-accused persons and therefore, he is an active participant in the commission of the alleged offence and does not deserve to be granted the benefit of anticipatory bail. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 6. Considering the submissions advanced by learned Counsel for the parties, the material available in the case diary, the nature and gravity of the allegations, the fact that investigation is still going on and without further commenting 4 anything on the merits of the case, this Court is not inclined to grant the benefit of anticipatory bail to the Applicant. 7. Accordingly, the Anticipatory Bail application of the Applicant – Haricharan @ Harcharan Singh, filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 in connection with Crime No.148/2026, registered at Police Station – Mandir Hasaud, Raipur (C.G.) for alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections 318(4), 317(2), 61(2), 112 and 3(5) of BNS as also under Section 182A(4) of MV Act, is hereby rejected. 8. Office is directed to provide a certified copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Priya