1 2026:CGHC:13258 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 2369 of 2026 Sagar Patre S/o Raju @ Rajendra Kumar, Aged About 21 Years R/o Village Vicharpur, Thana And Tahsil Lalpur, District- Mungeli (C.G.) ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through P.S. Kunda, District – Kabirdham (C.G.) …. Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. J.K. Gupta, Advocate. For Non-applicant/State : Ms. Palak Dwivedi, Panel Lawyer. Hon’ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 19.03.2026 1. This is the First bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicant arrested in connection with Crime No. 146/2024 registered at Police Station – Kunda, District – Kabirdham (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 331(4), 305(A), 112 and 3(5) of the BNS. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the complainant has lodged a report at the Police Stations concerned alleging inter-alia that some unknown persons have committed crime of theft of money in cash, gold and silver ornaments from his house, during the course of investigation, the applicant was taken into custody and on his memorandum, the stolen articles were seized and he was found to be involved in other similar offences, hence, different crime numbers were registered against him at different Police Stations. Hence, this RAJSHEKHAR SONI Digitally signed by RAJSHEKHAR SONI 2 application. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is submitted that the charge-sheet has been filed in this case. It is submitted that the applicant is in jail since 08.08.2024, and the conclusion of the trial shall take quite long time. Therefore, he prays for grant of bail. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State/non-applicant opposes the bail application of the applicant and submits that the applicant along with the co-accused is said to have committed a crime of theft from the house of the complainant, and besides the present case, there are 3 more criminal cases registered against him for which he has preferred bail applications bearing MCRC Nos.28/2026, 2392/2026 and 2377/2026, which have been listed today. It is also submitted that the bail application of the co-accused has been rejected by this Court vide orders dated 26.11.2024 and 03.12.2024 passed in MCRC Nos.8197/2024 and 8217/2024, therefore, he is not entitled for grant of regular bail. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and also considering the fact that the applicant along with the co- accused is said to have committed a crime of theft from the house of the complainant, and besides the present case, there are 3 more 3 criminal cases registered against him for which he has preferred bail applications bearing MCRC Nos.28/2026, 2392/2026 and 2377/2026, which have been listed today, moreover the bail application of the co-accused has been rejected by this Court vide orders dated 26.11.2024 and 03.12.2024 passed in MCRC Nos.8197/2024 and 8217/2024, therefore, this Court is of the opinion that it is not a fit case to enlarge the applicants on regular bail. 7. Accordingly, the instant bail application of applicant – Sagar Patre involved in Crime No. 146/2024 registered at Police Station – Kunda, District – Kabirdham (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 331(4), 305(A), 112 and 3(5) of the BNS, is rejected at this stage. 8. Needless to say that the trial Court concerned is at liberty to proceed with the trial and conclude the same, 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 Rajshekhar