2026:CGHC:9489 Digitally signed by VAISHALI NAFR VAISHALI LUCKY LUCKY NAGARIA NAGARIA Date:

2 1 0 1 2 :1 6 2 .0 :5 2 4 .25 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR +0530 MCRC No. 1890 of 2026 • Gagan @ Anmol Singh Bhatia S/o Late Parampreet Bhatia Aged About 24 Years Resident of Street No.7 Shatabdi Nagar Police Station- Telibandha, District- Raipur (C.G.)

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

Singhoda District- Mahasamund (C.G.)

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

For Applicant : Mr. Satya Prakash Verma, Advocate For Respondent/State : Mr. Sourabh Sahu, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Order on Board

24/02/2026

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.67/2025 registered at Police Station – Singhoda, District – Mahasamund (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Sections 20(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on the basis of information r