1 2026:CGHC:8299 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 1085 of 2026 Jagdev Bargah S/o Sukhna Bargah Aged About 31 Years R/o Dohna, Police Station Shankargarh, District Balrampur-Ramanujganj C.G. ... Applicant versus State of Chhattisgarh through Station House Officer, Police Station Shankargarh, District Balrampur-Ramanujganj C.G. ... Respondent For the applicant : Mr. Nitesh Shrivas, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sumit Singh, Dy. Advocate General (Hon’ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal) Order on Board 16.02.2026 1. This is first bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicant in Crime No. 110 of 2024 registered at Police Stations Shankargarh, District Balrampur, Ramanujganj (C.G) for the offence punishable under Sections 307, 302 of IPC. 2. The prosecution story, in brief, is that complainant lodged a report on 31.05.2024 stating that at about 8.30 p.m., when his wife Yashoda Bargah was cooking eggs by lighting the gas stove, his elder brother (the accused/applicant) came there and started demanding Rs. 1 lakh from his father towards sale consideration of the land. When his father said that he ALLENA ANNAJEE RAO Digitally signed by ALLENA ANNAJEE RAO Date: 2026.02.18 18:00:22 +0530 2 would pay the money in the morning, the applicant insisted to give money forthwith otherwise he will pour petrol on his father and burn him. Saying this, he started quarreling with his father and threw the petrol bottle which he was carrying in his hand on his father and wife of complainant, due to which, the gas stove caught fire and automatically, his father and wife got badly burnt. Thereafter they were admitted in hospital and during treatment, his father has died of burn injuries. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that almost all prosecution witnesses have been examined before the trial Court and main eye- witnesses Jagdeesh Bargah (P.W.1) and his wife Yashoda Bargah (P.W.2) have not supported the case of prosecution and turned hostile. He submits that the deceased father and his sister in law automatically came in contact with fire on account of an accident and the applicant has no intention to commit murder or attempt to murder his father. He submits that the applicant is in jail since 01.06.2024, therefore, looking to his long custody, he may be enlarged on bail. 4. Per contra, learned State Counsel opposes the bail application and submits that the final arguments came to be concluded before the trial Court and eventually the case is likely to be disposed off. 5. Having considered the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties and the fact that almost all the witnesses were examined and the final arguments came to be concluded, at this stage, I am not inclined to release him on regular bail at this stage. Accordingly, the bail application is rejected. Sd/- (Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal) Judge Rao