2025:CGHC:58378 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 9723 of 2025 Narayan Prasad Dhurvey S/o Late Lakhan Lal Dhurvey Aged About 56 Years R/o Ward No. 11, Budha Mahadev Ward Rajmahal Chowk, P.S. and Tehsil- Kawardha, Distt.- Kawardha (C.G.)

... Applicant versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Police Station- Kawardha, Distt.-

Kabirdham (C.G.)

2. Lumesh Sahu S/o Tarendra Sahu Aged About 28 Years R/o Village-

Digitally signed by PREETI Majgaon, Distt.- Bemetara, C.G. (Complainant)

PREETI KUMARI KUMARI Date:

2025.12.03

15:15:24 ... Non-Applicant +0530 For Applicant : Mr. Tanuj Patwardhan, Advocate.

For Non-Applicant/State : Mr. Malay Jain, Panel Lawyer.s Hon’ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Order on Board

02.12.2025

1. This is the Second bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicant who have been arrested in connection with Crime No. 06/2025 registered at Police Station : Kawardha, District - Kabirdham (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 420, 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 6(5) and 10 of the Chhattisgarh Protection of Depositors’ Interest Act, 2005.

2. Earlier bail application was dismissed was withdrawn vide order dated

11.11.2025 passed in MCRC No. 7802/2025.

3. The prosecution story, in brief, is that one Lumesh Sahu lodged a written complaint stating that he had met Dharmesh Dhurve (son of the present applicant) at a wedding reception in Kawardha, where he was present along with Ravindra Kumbhakar and other friends. During this meeting, Dharmesh Dhurve informed the complainant that he operated a company named “DYP Dhurvey Brothers Pvt. Ltd.”, through which investors could earn a 10% monthly profit on the amount invested. Relying on this representation, the complainant handed over D30,000 in cash to Dharmesh Dhurve in May 2023. It is further alleged that Dharmesh Dhurve, Yatindra Dhurve, and Harshita Sharma, all residents of Bilaspur, were running a company styled as “DYP Dhurvey Brothers Pvt. Ltd.”, which promised investors a guaranteed monthly profit of 10%. On this assurance, the complainant transferred D80,000 on 19/09/2023, D1,00,000 on 21/09/2023, and D4,50,000 on 19/09/2023 through net banking to the company’s account, amounting to a total investment of D6,30,000. The complainant received certain monthly profit amounts, such as D53,000 each in October 2023 and November 2023, and D30,000 each in January 2024 and May 2024. Thereafter, no further payments were made to him. The complainant repeatedly requested Dharmesh Dhurve and Yatindra Dhurve throughout the year 2024 to return his invested money, but they allegedly refused and also threatened to falsely implicate him in a criminal case. On this basis, the present applicant was arrested by the police of Police Station Kawardha, District Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh, for alleged offences punishable under Sections 420 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and Sections 6(5) and 10 of the Chhattisgarh Protection of Depositors’ Interest Act, 2005, which have also been incorporated in the final report submitted by the prosecution.

4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that the first bail application was dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated 11.11.2025 passed in MCRC No. 7802/2025. He further submits that there is absolutely no explanation for the considerable delay in the registration of the F.I.R. by the complainant, which renders the prosecution story doubtful and indicative of afterthought and exaggeration. He also submits that the present applicant is a school principal and happens to be the father of two of the co-accused persons, namely Dharmesh Kumar Dhurve and Yatindra Dhurve. Merely in order to create pressure and fear in the minds of the said accused persons, the applicant has been unnecessarily and maliciously roped into the matter at hand. The applicant was