2026:CGHC:17195 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 3398 of 2026 Sandeep Sahu S/o Mantram Sahu, Aged About 19 Years R/o Block No. 34, Room No. 07, Sector 03, Khalbada Saddu, P.S.- Vidhansabha, Distt.

Raipur, (C.G.)

... Applicant versus State of Chhattisgarh Through Police Station Civil Line, District Raipur (C.G.)

... Non-Applicant For Applicant : Ms. Laxmi Gupta, Advocate.

For Non-Applicant/State : Mr. Nitansh Kumar Jaiswal, Dy. G.A.

Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Order on Board

15.04.2026

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. 421/2025 registered at Police Station- Civil Line, District - Raipur, (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 303(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

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2. The prosecution story, in brief, is that on the basis of a report lodged Digitally signed by regarding the theft of a vehicle bearing registration No. CG-04-PM-

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0942 by an unknown person, an FIR was registered at Police Station Civil Line, Raipur. During the c