Digitally 2026:CGHC:3922 signed by VAISHALI VAISHALILUCKY LUCKY NAGARIA NAFR NAGARIA Date:

2026.01.24

11:01:44 +0530 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRCA No. 122 of 2026 • Kinjal Thaware D/o Avinash Thaware Aged About 23 Years R/o Bharkapara Ward No. 26, Rajnandgaon, District - Rajnandgaon (C.G.)

... Applicant versus • State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Station House Officer, Police Chowki Chikhli, Police Station Rajnandgaon Kotwali, District Rajnandgaon (C.G.) (Merg Registered In Police Outpost - Chikhli And F I R Registered At Police Station - Rajnandgaon Kotwali Hence F I R Does Not Mention Police Outpost - Chikhli)

... Respondent (Cause title is taken from Case Information System)

For Applicant : Ms. Aditi Singhvi, Advocate For Respondent/State : Ms. Vaishali Mahilong, Dy.G.A.

Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Order on Board

22.01.2026

1. This anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been filed by the applicant, who is apprehending his arrest in connection with Crime No.3/2026 registered at Police Station – Chikhli, Kotwali, District – Rajnandgaon (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 108 of BNS.

2. The prosecution story, in brief, is that the zero FIR was registered by the Chowki Incharge Police Chowki Chikhli on the basis of merg intimation bearing 100/2025 against the applicant and one other co- accused namely Ameen on the premise that one other Amit Bhowmik committed suicide by hanging in his house on 27.12.2025, as per the last message on the mobile by the deceased to his family members the applicant and the co-accused person since last 20 days were torturing him for money. On the basis of said complaint, FIR has been registered against the applicant. Hence, this bail application.

3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is contended that the applicant and the deceased were in a love relationship for the past 16 years. The deceased was emotionally disturbed and had been threatening the applicant that if she did not return to him, he would commit suicide. It is further submitted that the deceased was upset because the applicant had blocked him. Learned counsel submits that the applicant never abused, tortured, or harassed the deceased, nor did she make any demand for money. It is further argued that the last WhatsApp message of the deceased, which is being treated as a suicide note, does not attribute any act of abetment or life threat to the applicant. Hence, a prayer is made for grant of anticipatory bail.

4. Per contra, learned State counsel opposed the application and submitted that the applicant along with the co-accused had allegedly subjected the deceased to harassment for money for the last 20 days, due to which the deceased committed suicide. It is contended that considering the seriousness of the allegations, the applicant is not entitled to anticipatory bail.

5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary as well as the material available on record.

6. On perusal of the record, it transpires that there existed a love relationship between the applicant and the deceased. The suicide note left by the deceased does not disclose any specific role of the applicant amounting to instigation. Prima facie, the essential ingredients of abetment of suicide are not made out against the applicant, at this stage and Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature and gravity of the allegations, the material available on record, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this Court is of the considered view that the applicant has made out a case for grant of anticipatory bail.

7. Accordingly, the instant MCRCA is allowed and it is directed that in the event of arrest of the applicant – Kinjal Thaware, on executing a personal bond with one surety in the like sum to the satisfaction of the arresting Office