1 CGHC010259902026 2026:CGHC:30569-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPCR No. 398 of 2026 1 - James Singh S/o Basant Singh, Aged About 47 Years, R/o Ward No.50, Sepat Road, Near Surya Vihar, Lingyadih, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) 2 - Christopher Weshly (spelling wrongly mentioned as Kistofar Wessley in order sheet) S/o Dr. O. Weshly Shalom, Aged About 57 Years, R/o Near Pallav Bhawan, Gaurav Path, Ring Road 2, Vashundhra Nagar, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) 3 - Neeraj Kumar S/o Ashok Raut, Aged About 35 Years, R/o House No. 9/1102, Near Sheetal Tower, Bhartiya Nagar, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Petitioners versus 1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through- The Secretary, Department of Home, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Director General of Police, Raipur, District- Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Superintendent of Police, Bilaspur District- Bilaspur (C.G.) 4 - Station House Officer, Police Station - Sarkanda, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) 5 - Gaurav Dhankar S/o Manglu Ram Dhankar, Aged About 35 Years, Digitally signed by MOHAMMED AADIL KHAN Date: 2026.07.22 15:13:57 +0530 2 R/o Nandeshwar Mandir, Chantidih, Sarkanda, Bilaspur District- Bilaspur (C.G.) (Complainant) ... Respondents (Cause-title taken from Case Information System) For Petitioners : Dr. Arpit Lal, Advocate. For State : Mr. Ashish Shukla, Addl. Advocate General. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge Order on Board Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice 20-07-2026 1. Heard Dr. Arpit Lal, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. Ashish Shukla, learned Addl. Advocate General for the State/respondents No.1 and 4. 2. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners seeks the following relief(s): “10.1 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash the First Information Report bearing Crime No. 143/2026 under Section 299, 3(5) of BNS and Section 3 of Chhattisgarh Freedom of Religion Act, 1968 registered at Police Station Sarkanda, District - Bilaspur (C.G.) and Charge Sheet bearing No. 153/2026 and order dated 11.03.2026 subsequent proceedings. 10.2 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to pass an order whereby the complainant/ police 3 authorities may kindly be directed to pay the petitioners a sum of Rs. 3,00,000/- as compensation for mental harassment and lodging the FIR with mala-fide intention. 10.3 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to grant any other relief/relief's in favour of the petitioners, which the Hon'ble Court deemed fit & just in the facts and circumstances of the case, including awarding of the costs to the petitioners.” 3. Learned counsel for the State submits that the complete copy of the charge sheet has not been endorsed with the petition and in the copy of the petition received by office of Advocate General only copy of the FIR is annexed. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the matter was under default and he has filed the copy of the charge sheet which is annexed in the present petition in court’s file. 5. In such a situation, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission to withdraw the present petition with liberty to file it afresh with complete documents. 6. Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty subject to depositing a sum of Rs.2,000/- as cost by the petitioners in the Registry of this Court within a period 4 of one week from today and the said amount shall be transmitted to the Govt. Observation Home, Raipur (C.G.). 7. Certified copy, if any, filed in the petition be returned back to the petitioners after retaining its attested true copy. Sd/- Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) (Ramesh Sinha) Judge Chief Justice Aadil