1 2026:CGHC:19825 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR MCRC No. 3919 of 2026 Mukesh Dhuri S/o Chandraprakash Dhuri Aged About 23 Years R/o Village - Amora P.S. Jarhagaon Mungeli - Bilaspur District- Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Station House Officer Police Station Takhatpur District- Bilaspur (C.G.) ---- Respondent (Cause title is taken from the CIS) ___________________________________________________________ For Applicant : Mr. Sachin Nidhi, Advocate For State-Respondent : Mr. Aman Tamrakar, PL ___________________________________________________________ Hon'ble Shri Justice Radhakishan Agrawal Order on Board 29/04/2026 1. This is the first bail application filed under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No.486/2025 registered at Police Station Takhatpur, District Bilaspur (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Sections 103, 238, 61(2), 191, 190 of BNS. VASANT KUMAR Digitally signed by VASANT KUMAR Date: 2026.04.29 16:53:23 +0530 2 2. The brief facts of this case is that a complaint/F.I.R. has been lodged by Kaleshwar Pathak at Police Station-Takhatpur that his brother Jageshwar Pathak is a priest at the Path Baba temple near his house and lives in the temple. On 30-08-2025 at around 08:30 PM, his brother Jageshwar went to sleep at Path Baba temple, Parsakampa after having dinner. After that on 31-08-2025 at around 05:30 am, his mother Ahilya Pathak went to clean the temple and shouted loudly and after hearing the sound, he went and saw that the body of his brother Jageshwar Pathak was lying in the temple premises, drenched in blood and there was a lot of blood spilled in the courtyard, pieces of brick and skull were lying around. There were serious injury marks on Jageshwar head caused by a sharp weapon, there were also serious injuries under the eyes, on the mouth and beard. With the intention of killing him, some unknown person attacked his brother Jageshwar Pathak on the head and face with a sharp weapon several times and killed him. On the above report of the complainant, a case was registered against unknown persons at P.S.-Takhatpur, Dist. Bilaspur (C.G.) having crime no. 486/2025 for the offence under Section 103 of the BNS for the above-mentioned offence. 3. The matter was taken up for investigation and after completion of investigation, charge sheet was filed before the concerned court against the accused under Sections 103, 238, 61(2), 191, 190 of 3 the BNS. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant contended that the applicant is an innocent and has been falsely implicated in the said case. He further contended that the present applicant- Mukesh Dhuri is not the main accused of the present case and he has not committed any offence. He further contended that there was no any weapon was seized from the possession of the applicant and the applicant was arrested only on the basis of memorandum statement and seizure of the motorcycle. Lastly, he contended that the applicant is in jail since 01.09.2025 and the trial will take considerable time for its conclusion, therefore, the applicant may be released on bail. 5. Learned State Counsel opposes the submission made by learned counsel for the applicant and submits that the applicant was involved in the murder of the deceased-Jogeshwar Pathak. He further submits that the applicant and other 05 persons were went to the temple campus where deceased was living and the applicant and the other accused persons were assaulted on the deceased with the common intension. Therefore, it is prayed that the applicant may not be released on bail. 6. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 4 7. Considering the facts of the case, submission made by learned counsel for the parties. From the bare perusal of the case diary, it is revealed that, sufficient grounds are being shown by the prosecution that the accused/applicant has committed the aforesaid offence. Looking to the nature and gravity of the offence, granting bail to the accused/applicant does not appear to be justified. 8. Accordingly, the bail application of the applicant stands rejected. 9. Office is directed to send a certified copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information and compliance forthwith. Sd/- (Radhakishan Agrawal) Judge Vasant