Digitally signed by ALLENA ALLENA ANNAJEE ANNAJEE RAO RAO Date:

2026.02.06 10:21:17 +0530

2026:CGHC:6535 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 10482 of 2025 Amit Kaushik S/o Santosh Kaushik Aged About 20 Years R/o Village Bawali, Police Station Sargaon, District Mungeli (C.G.) ... Applicant versus State of Chhattisgarh through Police Station - Sargaon, District Mungeli, C.G. ... Respondent For the applicant : Mr. Uttam Pandey, Advocate with Ms. Pooja Sinha, Advocate.

For the State : Mr. Karan Kumar Bahrani, Panel Lawyer (Hon’ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal)

Order on Board

05.02.2026

1. This is first bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicant in Crime No. 100/2025 registered at Police Station Sargaon, District Mungeli (CG) for the offences under Sections 137(2), 87, 65(1) of BNS, 2023 and Sections 4 & 6 of POCSO Act, 2012.

2. As per the prosecution story, on 01.08.2025, the father of victim lodged a report stating that in the morning of 30.07.2025, he and his wife had gone to their work at separate places. Around 11.00 a.m., his wife returned home from the fields and saw a missed call o