1 2026:CGHC:20199 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 3966 of 2026 Nemnath Yogi S/o Motinath Yogi Aged About 48 Years R/o Village- Mohgaon, Thana- Pipariya, Distt.- Kabirdham (C.G.) ... Applicant(s) versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Police Station- Pipariya, District Kabirdham (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Applicant(s) : Mr. Arvind Shrivastava, Advocate. For Respondent(s) : Mr. Nitansh Jaiswal, Deputy Government Advocate. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice Order on Board 30.04.2026 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. 25/2026, registered at Police Station Pipariya, District Kabirdham (CG) for the offence punishable AKHILESH KUMAR DEWANGAN Digitally signed by AKHILESH KUMAR DEWANGAN 2 under Sections 296, 351(3), 109(1) of BNS. 2. The prosecution story in brief, is that on 25.01.2026, the complainant/injured Gangotri Yogi had gone to attend a family function at her elder sister’s house in village Khairjhitikala and stayed overnight at her parental home in village Mohgaon. On 26.01.2026, in the morning, while she was preparing to leave for her home at Kawardha, the applicant/accused Nemnath Yogi started abusing and assaulting his wife Vomitra Yogi over a domestic dispute. When the complainant intervened to pacify them, the accused assaulted his wife with a chair, causing injuries, due to which she fled from the house. Thereafter, the accused chased her, and subsequently re-entered the house by jumping from a neighbour’s roof. Upon seeing him, the complainant tried to escape, but the accused abused her, threatened to kill her, dragged her by her hair into the lane, and assaulted her repeatedly with a sickle (hansiya), causing injuries on her head, left arm, cheek, and neck. The incident was intervened by neighbours, otherwise, the accused would have killed her. During investigation, the memorandum statement of the accused was recorded, and blood-stained clothes and the weapon of offence (iron sickle) were seized at his instance. The medical report indicates that the injuries sustained by the complainant were grievous in nature, caused by a sharp-edged weapon, and were on vital parts of the body, with possibility of death due to excessive bleeding if timely treatment had not been 3 provided. The complainant remained hospitalized from 26.01.2026 to 05.02.2026 for treatment. Accordingly, the offence was registered and charge-sheet has been filed before the Court. 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 the there was a quarrel between applicant and his wife, and when his sister intervened, she was also assaulted by the applicant by sickle, due to which, victim sustained injuries on her person, but the said injuries were on the non vital parts of the body. He also submits that as per the dimension of the injuries, though it is shown to be grievous in nature in MLC Report, but the same are simple in nature. The applicant is in jail since 31.01.2026 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 is alleged to have assaulted the complainant with a sharp-edged weapon i.e. sickle, after abusing and threatening her, and inflicted multiple injuries on vital parts of her body such as head, neck and arm with an intention to cause her death, and the said injuries are found to be grievous in nature as per MLC Report. Therefore, the applicant is not entitled for grant 4 of bail. 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 is alleged to have assaulted the complainant with a sharp-edged weapon i.e. sickle, after abusing and threatening her, and inflicted multiple injuries on vital parts of her body such as head, neck and arm with an intention to cause her death, and the said injuries are found to be grievous in nature as per MLC Report, 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-Nemnath Yogi, involved in Crime No. 25/2026, registered at Police Station Pipariya, District Kabirdham (CG) for the offence punishable under Sections 296, 351(3), 109(1) of BNS, is rejected. 8. Needless to say that the trial Court concerned is at liberty to proceed and concluded the trial expeditiously. 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