Order on Board

27/01/2025

1. This is the first bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short ‘ BNS S ’) for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 217/2024 registered at Police Station Chhuriya, District - Rajnandgaon (C.G.), for the offences punishable under Section 281 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (for short ‘ BNS ’), 34(2) & 36 of C.G. Excise Act and Sections 3/181, 5/180, 50, 39/177 of Motor Vehicle Act (for short ‘M.V. Act’)

2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on August 16, 2024, a mobile tip was received that a vehicle bearing registration No. MH- 01-PA-6675, a Tata Indigo, was carrying liquor and would be passing through Shikarimahka Bhola bridge. To verify this information, witnesses were notified and asked to co-operate, and a tip was prepared. An attempt was made to stop the vehicle near Shikari Mahka Chowk, but it sped away towards Bhola bridge. The vehicle was later found to have crashed into a field in Gram Gahira Bhendi, owned by Poshan Das Sahu. Witnesses Poshan Das Sahu and Budhram Pujeri were present at the scene and were informed about the incident and t