2026:CGHC:15582 NAFR Digitally signed by ARPAN ARPAN SRIVASTAVA SRIVASTAVA Date:

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

2026.04.07

10:49:04 +0530 MCRC No. 3041 of 2026 Ajay Kumar Sharma S/o B.R. Sharma Aged About 60 Years R/o. Govindpur, P.S. Kotwali, District Kanker (C.G.) At Present Excise Sub Inspector, Circle Bacheli, District Dantewada (C.G)

...Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, P.S. Bacheli, District Dantewada (C.G)

... Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. T.K. Jha, Advocate.

For Non-applicant/State : Ms. Vaishali Mahilang, P.L.

Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice

Order on Board

06/04/2026

1. The applicant has preferred this First Bail Application under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail, as he has been arrested in connection with Crime No.49/2025, registered at Police Station : Bacheli, District-

Dantewada (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 316(5), 336(3), 318, 338, 340, 61 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

2. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that as per the prosecution case, on 25.11.2025, a surprise inspection was conducted at the English Composite Liquor Shop,