1 CGHC010315332026 2026:CGHC:40373 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 7644 of 2026  Mahendra Dhariya S/o Leelaram Dhariya Aged About 18 Years Resident Of Village Deragarh, P.S. Baradwar District Sakti Chhattisgarh ... Applicant versus  State Of Chhattisgarh Through- Station House Officer, Police Station Saragaon, District Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) ... Non-Applicant For Applicant : Mr. Chandra Prakash Lahrey, Advocate For State : Ms. Ankita Shukla, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey Order on Board 16.09 .2026 1. This is the first 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 Crime No. 96/2026 registered at Police Station Saragaon, District Janjgir-Champa (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Section 309(6) of BNS. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the complainant made a complaint before the concerned Police Station alleging that on 16.07.2026, when he was going to his house along with his friends, 3-4 unknown persons stopped him near NH-49, Afrid Village and looted two mobile phones and Rs. 5,000/- and thereafter fled away from the spot. On the basis of the said complaint, SIDDHANT TAMRAKAR Digitally signed by SIDDHANT TAMRAKAR Date: 2026.09.17 11:17:24 +0530 2 the police registered an offence under Section 309(6) of the B.N.S. against the unknown persons and during the course of investigation, the police took the present applicant into custody and registered the offence against him. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the present applicant has falsely been implicated in this case. It is further argued by him that the applicant has been arrested only on the basis of suspicion. He further submits that the applicant is in jail since 17.07.2026, charge-sheet has been filed and trial is likely to take quite long time for its conclusion. It is further argued that the applicant has no criminal antecedents. It is also contended that the police have not seized any incriminating article from the possession of the applicant. It is further submitted that the co-accused, namely, Suryakant Bareth, has already been granted bail by the learned Trial Court. He would pray to allow this application. 4. On the other hand, learned counsel for the State would oppose the bail application and submit that the present applicant inflicted knife injuries over the right arm, back, back of the neck, forehead, head and left hand of Raju Darwesh and also looted his mobile phone and Rs. 5,000/-. She would further submit that the injuries were opined to be serious in nature by Medical Officer, and therefore, the application deserves to be rejected. 5. I have heard learned counsel appearing for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. Having considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties and the fact that the allegations against the present applicant are serious in nature as he inflicted knife injuries upon Raju Darwesh over the right arm, back, back of the neck, forehead, head and left hand and according to medical report, 3 injuries sustained by Raju Darwesh were serious in nature. Further, the applicant along with co-accused looted two mobile phones and Rs.5,000/- from the complainant. Considering the nature and gravity of the offence and the material available on record, I am not inclined to grant bail to the present applicant at this stage. Accordingly, the bail application is hereby rejected. Sd/- (Rakesh Mohan Pandey) JUDGE $iddhant