2026:CGHC:3666 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 10470 of 2025 Sanju Bhardwaj S/o Saheblal Bhardwaj Aged About 32 Years Resident Of Village- Piraiya Police Station Chakarbhatha, District-

Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through- Station House Officer, Police Station Chakarbhatha, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Non-Applicant For Applicant : Mr. Kunwar Lal Sahu, Advocate.

For : Ms. Smiti Shrivastava, PL.

Non-Applicant/State Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Order on Board

21.01.2026

1. This is the first bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No.413/2025 registered at SISTLA NEELIMA Police Station- Chakarbhata, District Bilaspur, (C.G.) for the VISHNU PRIYA offence punishable under Sections 31(1)(A)(F), 34(2) and

SISTLA NEELIMA

VISHNU PRIYA

Date: 2026.01.23 59(2) of the Excise Act.

2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 12.10.2025 the Station House Officer, Police Station, Chakarbhatha received information through informant to the effect that the applicant is in possession of h