1 2026:CGHC:18975 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 3757 of 2026 Satyam Sonkar S/o Shri Arjun Sonkar Aged About 18 Years R/o Mo. Gurudwara Ward (Mayapur), Police Station Ambikapur (Sadar), Tehsil Ambikapur, District Surguja Chhattisgarh ... Applicant(s) versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through The S H O, Police Station Ambikapur, District Surguja Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Applicant(s) : Mr. Siddharth Pandey, Advocate. For Respondent(s) : Ms. Palak Dwivedi, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice Order on Board 24.04.2026 1. The applicant has preferred this First Bail Application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’), for grant of regular bail, as he has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 50/2026, registered at Police Station Ambikapur, District Surguja (CG) for the offence punishable under AKHILESH KUMAR DEWANGAN Digitally signed by AKHILESH KUMAR DEWANGAN 2 Section 109 read with 3(5) of BNS and Sections 25 and 27 of Arms Act. 2. The prosecution story in brief, is that on 24.01.2026, on the basis of information received over phone from Anand Gupta, the complainant Roshan Jaiswal lodged a report at Police Station Ambikapur stating that due to prior enmity, the accused persons, namely, Satyam Sonkar, Ayush Soni and another, in furtherance of their common intention, assaulted the complainant’s brother Ritik Jaiswal at Vinod Daily Needs shop situated in front of Chandni Chowk Ganpati Petrol Pump and inflicted a knife injury on his abdomen with an intention to cause his death. The injured was thereafter taken to District Hospital, Ambikapur for treatment. On the basis of the said report, FIR bearing Crime No. 50/2026 was registered against the accused persons and investigation was undertaken. Upon completion of investigation, charge-sheet was filed on 24.03.2026 against accused Satyam Sonkar and Ayush Soni under Sections 109, 3(5) of the BNS and Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act, while proceedings in respect of the juvenile co-accused were initiated before the Juvenile Justice Board, Ambikapur. Hence, the bail application. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He further submit that no seizure of knife of any weapon has been made from the possession of present applicant, further co-accused, 3 namely, Ayush Soni has been granted bail by the learned 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Ambikapur vide order dated 30.03.2026. He also submits that a no objection application has been filed by the injured, Ritik Jaiswal before the trial Court stating that he has no objection if the present applicant has been granted bail. Furthermore, the applicant has six criminal antecedents of the year 2025 under the BNS, out of which, in two cases applicant has already been convicted and four cases are pending. The applicant is in jail since 25.01.2026 and the trial is likely to take some time for its conclusion. Therefore, he prays for grant of bail to the applicant. 4. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposes the bail application and submits that the charge-sheet has been filed in the present case before the competent Court. He further submits that the applicant allegedly in connivance with co-accused persons, in furtherance of their common intention, assaulted the victim, Ritik Jaiswal and inflicted a knife injury on his abdomen with an intention to cause his death, the knife remained lodged in the body of the injured and was subsequently removed during the course of treatment at the hospital. Furthermore, as per Query Report the said injury is found to be grievous in nature, so far as criminal antecedents of the applicant are concerned, applicant has six criminal antecedents of the year 2025 under the BNS. Therefore the applicant is not entitled for grant of bail. 4 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. Considering the facts & circumstances of the case, nature & gravity of the offence, material available in the case dairy and the fact that the applicant allegedly in connivance with co-accused persons, in furtherance of their common intention, assaulted the victim, Ritik Jaiswal and inflicted a knife injury on his abdomen with an intention to cause his death, the knife remained lodged in the body of the injured and was subsequently removed during the course of treatment at the hospital and as per Query Report the said injury is found to be grievous in nature, so far as criminal antecedents of the applicant are concerned, the applicant has six criminal antecedents of the year 2025 under the BNS, out of which, in two cases applicant has already been convicted and four cases are pending, as such, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this Court is of the opinion that it is not a fit case to enlarge the applicant on regular bail. 7. Accordingly, the bail application of applicant-Satyam Sonkar, involved in Crime No. 50/2026, registered at Police Station Ambikapur, District Surguja (CG) for the offence punishable under Section 109 read with 3(5) of BNS and Sections 25 and 27 of Arms Act, is rejected. 8. Needless to say that the trial Court concerned is at liberty to proceed and conclude the trial expeditiously. 5 9. Office is directed to send a certified copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information and compliance. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Akhil