2026:CGHC:113 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 9309 of 2025 Hem Kumar Panigrahi S/o Late Shri Bhumanya Prasad Panigrahi Aged About 45 Years Assistant Grade-Iii/ Reader, Tahsil Office, Darbha, Distt- Bastar C.G., R/o Village- Titargaon, Tahsil Jagdalpur, District- Bastar C.G.

... Applicant versus State of Chhattisgarh Through P.S. EOW/ACB Jagdalpur, District Bastar C.G.

... Non-Applicant For Applicant : Mr. Keshav Dewangan, Advocate For Non-Applicant/State : Mr. Dharmesh Shrivastava, Dy. A.G.

Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice

Order on Board

02.01.2026

1. The applicant has preferred this First Bail Application under Section

483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail, as he has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 59/2025, registered at Police Station – EOW/ACB, Jagdalpur, District Bastar, (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Section 07 of Prevention of Corruption Act, Amended, 2018.

2. The facts of the case, in brief, are that the complainant, namely RAHUL DEWANGAN Samnath Baghel, appeared before the office of the Deputy Digitally signed by RAHUL DEWANGAN Superintendent of Police, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Jagdalpur, and subm