2026:CGHC:3018 Digitally signed by VAISHALI NAFR VAISHALILUCKY LUCKY NAGARIA NAGARIA Date:

2026.01.20

17:06:33 +0530 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 651 of 2026 • Manish Singh S/o Pradumn Singh Aged About 34 Years R/o Village-

Kotba, Chowki-Kotba, Police Station- Bagbahar, District- Jashpur (C.G.)

... Applicant versus • State of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Police Station-

Bagbahar, District- Jashpur (C.G.)

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

For Applicant : Mr. Jitendra Kumar Saxena, Advocate For Respondent/State : Mr. Priyank Rathi, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Order on Board

19/01/2026

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. 71/2025 registered at Police Station, Bagbahar, District-Jashpur (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Section 21(c) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on the basis of secret information received through informant, the Poli