1 CGHC010306642026 2026:CGHC:35644 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No.7418 of 2026 Omkar @ Ravi Rajak S/o. Shri Arjun Rajak, Aged About 25 Years R/o. Ramsagar Para, Dhobi Chowk, Dhamtari, P.S. - Kotwali Dhamtari Tahsil And Distt. - Dhamtari (C.G.) ... Applicant versus The State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Police Station - City Kotwali Dhamtari, Distt. - Dhamtari (C.G.) ...Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. Sunil Sahu, Advocate. For Non-Applicant/State : Ms. Monika Thakur, PL. Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 12.08.2026 1. This is the 1st bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the Applicant who has been arrested in connection with SISTLA NEELIMA VISHNU PRIYA Digitally signed by SISTLA NEELIMA VISHNU PRIYA Date: 2026.08.14 11:05:39 +0530 2 Crime No.146/2026 registered at Police Station – City Kotwali, Dhamtari, Distrcit Dhamtari (C.G.), for the offences under Sections 25 and 27of Arms Act. 2. Prosecution story, in brief, is that while Assistant Sub- Inspector Neeraj Dubey, posted at Police Station City Kotwali, Dhamtari, was on routine patrolling duty, he received secret information that the Applicant/accused was threatening passers-by by openly waving a sharp-edged knife near the bridge on the road leading to Hanumant Nagar, Dhamtari. Acting upon the information, the police reached the spot and found the Applicant allegedly waving a sharp-edged knife in a public place, due to which the people passing by were frightened and running away. The Applicant was apprehended and upon being served notice to produce valid documents for possessing the knife, he stated in writing that he had no such document. The knife was accordingly seized and Crime was registered as mentioned above. It is further alleged that the Applicant has several previous criminal cases registered against him, including offences under the Arms Act, BNS, NDPS Act and Sections 302/34 of the IPC, indicating his criminal antecedents and habitual involvement in criminal activities. Hence, this application. 3. Learned Counsel for the Applicant submits that the Applicant 3 is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is contended that the Applicant has been implicated solely on the basis of secret information and no independent person residing near the place of occurrence has been examined to corroborate the allegation that he was threatening passers-by by displaying the alleged weapon. It is further submitted that there is no complainant in the present case, no allegation of causing hurt to any person and no reliable material to establish the alleged offence. He further submits that the Applicant has previous criminal antecedents, but out of seven cases, he has already been acquitted in three cases and is on bail in the remaining cases, and that the present case has been registered with a view to initiating externment proceedings against him. He lastly submits that the Applicant is in custody since 17.06.2026 and the trial is likely to take considerable time for its conclusion, therefore, he may be enlarged on bail. 4. Per contra, learned State Counsel opposes the bail application. 5. Considering the submissions advanced by learned Counsel for the parties, the material available in the case diary, the nature of allegations, the allegation of the Applicant having been found publicly waving a sharp-edged knife and 4 threatening passers-by, the fact that the Applicant has seven previous criminal cases, out of which four are presently pending, including a case under Section 302 of the IPC and cases under the Arms Act and NDPS Act, though he has been acquitted in three cases and considering his antecedents involving offences of serious nature, which prima facie indicate that the Applicant is a habitual offender, this Court is of the considered opinion that the Applicant does not deserve the benefit of bail. 6. Accordingly, the bail application of the Applicant – Omkar @ Ravi Rajak involved in Crime No.146/2026 registered at Police Station – City Kotwali, Dhamtari, Distrcit Dhamtari (C.G.), for the offences under Sections 25 and 27of Arms Act is hereby rejected. 7. Office is directed to send a certified copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Priya