GOURI MUDALIAR Digitally signed 2026:CGHC:6865 by GOURI MUDALIAR Date: 2026.02.09

11:04:01 +0530 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 420 of 2026 Hitesh Saiyyan S/o Suresh Saiyyan Aged About 38 Years R/o Samta Colony Charoda District - Durg Chhattisgarh ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through SHO Police Station - Nandini District - Durg Chhattisgarh ... Respondent For Applicant : Ms. Priya Sharma, Advocate.

For : Smt. Smriti Shrivastava, PL.

Respondent/State Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Order on Board

06/02/2026

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.314/2025 registered at Police Station Nandini Nagar, District Durg (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 34(2), 42 of Chhattisgarh Excise Act and section 111(1), 111(2) of B.N.S.

2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 29.11.2025, secret information was received regarding illegal transportation of liquor from Dhamdha to Nandini Khundini in a white Tata Safari. Acting on the information, the vehicle was in