1 2026:CGHC:6636 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 10102 of 2025 • Chandramani Tandi S/o Bhikhari Tandi Aged About 20 Years R/o - B.K.D. 21, Sector-09, Bhilai Nagar, Bhilai, Tehsil And District- Durg (C.G.) ... Applicant versus • State Of Chhattisgarh Through- Sho, Police Station - Bhilai Nagar, District- Durg (C.G.) ... Respondent (Cause title is taken from Case Information System) For Applicant : Ms. Priya Sharma, Advocate For Respondent/State : Ms. Smriti Shrivastava, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 05/02/2026 1. This is first bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No.592/2025 registered at Police Station- Bhilai Nagar, District - Durg (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 296, 3(5), 74, 78 of BNS, 2023. 2. The prosecution story in brief, is that hat the complainant a report in police station Bhilai Nagar that on 03.11.2025 that when she is returning home on her scooty, two boys on a bike started to follow 2 her. She entered in a lane and *tried to escape, but they came in front of her scooty and started abusing her by pulling down from her scooty vehicle and outrage her modesty. She protested their advancement then they beat her due to this she sustained so many injuries on her body found. and when she tried to called police by dialing number 100, accused person started beating her and she was saved by unknown persons therefore the police has arrested the present applicant. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is argued that the name of the present applicant has surfaced only in the statement of co-accused Anurag. It is further submitted that the applicant was not present at the place of occurrence and has been in judicial custody since 03.11.2025. Learned counsel contends that the trial is likely to take considerable time for its conclusion and, therefore, the applicant deserves to be enlarged on bail. 4. Per contra, learned State counsel opposes the bail application and submits that the charge-sheet has already been filed. Referring to the statement of the victim, an unmarried girl, it is submitted that she has specifically alleged that the applicant along with co-accused restrained her and attempted to outrage her modesty, and thereafter she was assaulted by the applicant and co-accused Anurag. As per the MLC report, the victim sustained injuries, though simple in nature. On these grounds, learned State counsel submits that the applicant is not entitled to grant of bail. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the records. 6. Upon considering the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties and on perusal of the case diary, this Court finds that the 3 allegations against the applicant are serious in nature, the statement of the victim specifically attributes a role to the applicant in restraining her and attempting to outrage her modesty, followed by assault and the involvement of the applicant is prima facie supported by the material available on record. Merely because the injuries sustained by the victim are simple in nature or that the applicant has been in custody since 03.11.2025 cannot be a ground, by itself, to extend the benefit of bail at this stage. The offence alleged involves an attack on the dignity of a woman, which cannot be taken lightly also Considering the nature and gravity of the allegations, the manner in which the offence is alleged to have been committed, the role attributed to the applicant, and the stage of the trial, this Court is of the considered view that it is not a fit case for grant of bail. 7. Accordingly, the bail application of the applicant namely Chandramani Tandi, involved in Crime No.592/2025 registered at Police Station- Bhilai Nagar, District - Durg (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 296, 3(5), 74, 78 of BNS, 2023, is rejected at this stage. 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 forthwith - Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice vaishali