1 / 4 CGHC010376992026 2026:CGHC:42005 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRCA No. 1595 of 2026 1. Umakant Panda S/o Narendra Panda Aged About 36 Years R/o Ward No. 35, Kabir Dham, Mini Mata Nagar, Khursipar, Bhilai, District Durg Chhattisgarh 2. Vishnu Kumar S/o Lakhan Lal Choudhary Aged About 30 Years R/o House No. 65, H.S.C.L. Colony, Ward No. 28, Khursipar, Bhilai, District Durg Chhattisgarh ... Applicants versus • State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Station House Officer, Police Station - Purani Bhilai District Durg Chhattisgarh ... Non-applicant For Applicants : Mr. Prasoon Agrawal, Advocate For Respondent-State : Mr. Sumit Singh, Dy. Adv. General Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge ORDER ON BOARD 26/09/2026 1. Applicants have preferred this application under Section 482 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of anticipatory bail as they apprehend their arrest in connection with Crime No. 277/2026 registered at Police Station- Purani Bhilai, District Durg (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 303(2), 317(4), 61(2), 319(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2), 111, 112, 3(5), 317(5), 303(3), 343(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and 26(1)(4) of Chhattisgarh Rajya Suraksha Adhiniyam, 1990. 2. Case of prosecution, in brief, is that the complainant lodged a written complaint before the concerned Police Station alleging therein that an agreement had been executed between the Blast Furnace Department of Bhilai Steel Plant and R.D.K. Industries for transportation of flue dust. It is PAWAN KUMAR JHA Digitally signed by PAWAN KUMAR JHA 2 / 4 alleged that on 26.05.2026, information was received that vehicles bearing Registration Nos. CG-04-QT-8797 and CG-08-AW-1475 were illegally transporting iron scrap material without any authority. Upon inspection by the authorized officials of Bhilai Steel Plant, the said vehicles were found carrying iron scrap in an unauthorized and illegal manner. On the basis of the said written complaint, the aforesaid crime was registered against the accused persons and investigation was taken up and therefore, the applicants were arrested on the basis of memorandum statement. 3. Learned counsel for the applicants would submit that the allegation levelled against applicants is absolutely false and baseless. Applicants have been made accused only on the basis of memorandum statement of co-accused Tejram Nishad, who was driver of the truck on which alleged iron scrap was transported but it was unloaded to the another place which is the yard of Girish Khandelwal. He also contended that according to the objection made by the prosecution before the trail Court, it is mentioned that applicants are working for Girish Khandelwal as Supervisor within the Bhilai Steel Plant premises, therefore they are implicated in the aforementioned crime. Girish Khandelwal was granted anticipatory bail by the Sessions Court and the case of applicant is on the same footings. He would submit that there is no criminal antecedent against applicants. They will cooperate with the investigation. Trial may take some time. Hence, they may be enlarged on anticipatory bail 4. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposes the submission of counsel for applicants and would submit that applicants along with other co-accused persons were involved in commission of aforementioned crime. However, he does not dispute the submission of learned counsel for applicants that applicants are made accused in the aforementioned crime based on the memorandum statement of co-accused Tejram 3 / 4 Nisham and the yard where the iron scrap has been dumped by Tejram is owned by Girish Khandelwal and he has been enlarged on anticipatory bail. 5. Upon putting query to learned State counsel, he submits that in the aforementioned crime, five co-accused persons have been enlarged on regular bail and two have been enlarged on anticipatory bail. On further query made, he submits that there is no mention of any criminal antecedent against present applicants. 6. I have heard learned counsel for the respective parties and also perused the documents available in the application. 7. On due consideration of the entirety of the facts and circumstances of the case, submission of learned counsel for the parties, without commenting anything on merits, I am inclined to allow this anticipatory bail application. 8. Accordingly, application is allowed and it is directed that in the event of arrest of applicants in connection with the crime in question (No. 277/2026), they shall be released on anticipatory bail by the Officer arresting them on their executing a personal bond in the sum of ₹25,000/- each applicant with one surety in the like sum to the satisfaction of the concerned arresting Officer. Applicants shall also abide by the following conditions: (i) that the applicants shall make themselves available for interrogation before the Investigation Officer as and when required; (ii) that the applicants shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer; (iii) that the applicants shall not act, in any manner, which will be prejudicial to fair and expeditious trial; and (iv) that the applicants shall appear before the trial Court on each and every date given to them by the said Court till conclusion of the trial. 4 / 4 9. Office is directed to send a certified copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information and compliance forthwith. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) pwn JUDGE