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2026:CGHC:6323

NAFR

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

MCRC No. 1245 of 2026

Sandeep Laxman Bhosle S/o Shri Laxman Bhosle, Aged About 35 Years

R/o Village, Post And Police Station Chakan, District Pune (Maharashtra),

Present Address- Village- Chhati Police Station- Kurud, District Dhamtari

(C.G.)

... Applicant

versus

State of Chhattisgarh Through Police Station Rajendra Nagar, District

Raipur C.G.

... Non-Applicant

For Applicant : Mr. Pragalbha Sharma, Advocate

For Non-Applicant/State : Ms. Smriti Shrivastava, Panel Lawyer

Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Order on Board

04.02.2026

1. This is the Second Bail Application filed under Section 483 of the

BNSS, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been

arrested in connection with Crime No. 379/2024, registered at

Police Station- Rajendra Nagar, District Raipur, (C.G.) for the

offence punishable under Sections 331(1), 305(a) and 3(5) of

Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023.

2. The earlier bail application of the applicant being MCRC No.

RAHUL

1903/2025 was rejected by this Court vide order dated 20.06.2025

DEWANGAN

Digitally

signed by on merits.

RAHUL

DEWANGAN

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3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 28.09.2024 at about

11:00 a.m., the parents of the complainant, namely Meera Pandey

and Shiv Narayan Pandey, left their house situated at Umashankar

Nagar, Ward No. 1, District Raipur, for Bilaspur after locking the

premises and handing over the keys to the complainant, Harshit

Pandey. When the complainant returned at about 3:00 p.m., he

found the lock of the main door broken and the almirah in his

mother’s bedroom forcibly opened, with articles lying scattered,

giving rise to suspicion of theft. Thereafter, upon the return of his

parents at about 8:00 p.m., it was confirmed that unknown persons

had committed theft of gold ornaments, including a mangalsutra,

ear tops, a nose ring and a ring weighing about 14 grams valued at

approximately Rs. 85,000/-, along with cash of about Rs. 11,000/-,

totalling Rs. 96,000/-. On the basis of the said incident, the FIR was

registered and the applicant was subsequently arrested.

4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that this is the second

bail application, earlier bail application of the applicant being MCRC

No. 1903/2025 was rejected by this Hon’ble Court vide order dated

20.06.2025 on merits. He further submits that the applicant has

been in jail since 25.10.2024 and has, therefore, undergone a

substantial period of incarceration of nearly one year and three

months by the time this bail application is being considered. It is

further submitted that the co-accused namely Sangat Singh Kalyani

has been enlarged on bail by this Court vide order dated

13.10.2025 passed in MCRC No.5922/2025, and co-accused

namely Kiran Patil has also been granted bail by the Hon’ble Apex

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Court in SLP (Crl.) No. 12746/2025 vide order dated 03.11.2025.

and therefore, on the ground of parity, the present applicant also

deserves to be released on bail.

5. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposes the bail

application of the present applicant and submits that charge-sheet

has been filed before the competent Court, but could not dispute the

fact that co-accused persons have already been granted bail by this

Court as well as Hon’ble Apex Court and the case of the present

applicant is identical to that of the co-accused.

6. I have heard learned counsel appearing for the parties and perused

the case diary.

7. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case

that this is the applicant’s second bail application and that the

earlier application, MCRC No. 1903/2025 was rejected by this

Court vide order dated 20.06.2025 on merits, further considering

the fact that the applicant is in jail since 25.10.2024 and has thus

undergone a substantial period of incarceration of nearly one year

and three months, further the co-accused namely Sangat Singh

Kalyani has been enlarged on bail by this Court vide order dated

13.10.2025 passed in MCRC No.5922/2025, and co-accused

namely