1 CGHC010273072026 2026:CGHC:30668 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 6432 of 2026 Shubham Rai @ Golu Son Of Late Lakhan Chand Rai, Aged About 29 Years Resident Of Azad Nagar Godaripara, Police Station And Tahsil Chirmiri, District- Manendragarh- Chirmiri-Bharatpur (C.G.) ... Applicant(s) versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Station House Officer, Police Of Police Station Chirmiri, District- Manendragarh- Chirmiri-Bharatpur (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Applicant(s) : Mr. Ramsajiwan, Advocate. For Respondent(s) : Ms. Pakal Dwivedi, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice Order on Board 20.07.2026 1. The applicant has preferred this First Bail Application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’), for grant of regular bail, as he has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 11/2026, registered at Police Station AKHILESH KUMAR DEWANGAN Digitally signed by AKHILESH KUMAR DEWANGAN 2 Chirmiri, District- Manendragarh- Chirmiri-Bharatpur (CG) for the offence punishable under Sections 109(1) of BNS. 2. The prosecution story in brief, is that on 06.01.2026, on the basis of a hospital memo received from the District Hospital, Chirmiri, the statement of the victim, Sharda, was recorded. She stated that she had known the applicant for the last five years and that they were in a relationship. On 05.01.2026, the applicant had visited her residence and expressed his desire to marry her, but her father refused the proposal on the ground that she was a minor. Thereafter, on 06.01.2026 at about 10:30 A.M., while the victim was on her way to school, the applicant allegedly intercepted her near the house of Basu Saundhiya at Ektanagar, took out a bottle containing petrol from the dickey of his motorcycle, poured the petrol upon himself as well as the victim, and set himself on fire with a lighter while holding her, resulting in burn injuries to her hands, legs, abdomen and thighs. During investigation, the victim’s medical examination confirmed burn injuries, and the FSL report detected the presence of petrol residues on her clothes. Upon completion of the investigation, the charge-sheet was filed against the applicant before the competent Court. Hence, the bail application. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He further submit that the victim set herself on fire, and the applicant merely 3 attempted to rescue her, during which he also sustained burn injuries. He also submits that even if the prosecution case is accepted in its entirety, the victim did not sustain grievous burn injuries so as to attract the ingredients of Section 109(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The applicant is in jail since 02.05.2026 and the trial is likely to take some time for its conclusion. Therefore, he prays for grant of bail to the applicant. 4. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposes the bail application and submits that the charge-sheet has been filed in the present case before the competent Court. She further submits that after applicant’s proposal to marry the minor victim was declined by her father, he intercepted the victim on her way to school, poured petrol upon himself and the victim, and set himself on fire while holding her, resulting which they both sustained burn injuries, applicant sustained 37 % burn injury and the victim sustained 13 % burn injury, the said injury is corroborated by the medical evidence and the FSL report. 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 facts & circumstances of the case, nature & gravity of the offence, material available in the case dairy prima facie appears that the applicant, after his proposal to marry the minor victim was declined by her father, intercepted the victim on 4 her way to school, poured petrol upon himself as well as the victim, and set himself on fire while holding her, as a result of the incident, both the applicant and the victim sustained burn injuries, the applicant suffered approximately 37% burn injuries, whereas the victim sustained 13% burn injuries, the aforesaid injuries stand duly corroborated by the medical evidence and the FSL report confirms the presence of petrol residues on her clothes, lending prima facie support to the prosecution case, as such, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this Court is of the opinion that it is not a fit case to enlarge the applicant on regular bail. 7. 7. Accordingly, the bail application of applicant-Shubham Rai @ Golu Son, involved in Crime No. 11/2026, registered at Police Station Chirmiri, District- Manendragarh- Chirmiri-Bharatpur (CG) for the offence punishable under Sections 109(1) of BNS, is rejected. 8. Needless to say that the trial Court concerned is at liberty to proceed and conclude the trial expeditiously. 9. Office is directed to send a certified copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information and compliance. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Akhil