Order on Board

13/05/2025

1 The applicant has preferred this First Bail Application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 for grant of regular bail, as he has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 314/2025, registered at Police Station – Magarlod, Dhamtari, District- Dhamtari (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 318(4) , 319(2), 338 , 336(3) , 340(2) , 343 and 61(B) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

2 The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, a written complaint filed by the complainant on 21.08.2023, at Magarlod police station. The case alleges that the accused, Shobhit Sahu, fraudulently registered land (Khasra numbers 8 and 9, totaling 0.47 hectares) in his name in the revenue records by submitting false documents, including a certificate, voter ID, Aadhaar card, and bank passbook. The Revenue Court, Tehsildar Magarlod, ordered an investigation, and based on the Halka Patwari's report, passed an order on 08.12.2021, to register the accused's name as Shobhit alias Suklal Sahu. The prosecution contends that the accused knowingly used forged documents to register the land in his name and subsequently sold it to the victim, Chandrahas