GOURI MUDALIAR Digitally signed 2026:CGHC:15141 by GOURI MUDALIAR Date: 2026.04.02 17:36:18 +0530 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 601 of 2026 Pukeshwar Harmukh S/o Girish Harmukh, Aged About 24 Years R/o Ward No. 2 Pisegaon, District Durg C.G.

... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer Of Police Station Pulgaon, District Durg C.G.

... Respondent For Applicant : Shri Gagan Tiwari, Advocate.

For : Smt. Smriti Shrivastava, PL.

Respondent/State Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Order on Board

01/04/2026

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.668/2025 registered at Police Station Pulgaon, Durg, District Durg (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Section 105 of BNS, 2023 &

Section 184 of Motor Vehicle Act (offences u/s correctly mentioned).

2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 26.12.2025 at about 06:50 a.m., the deceased Ms. Uttara Harmukh was crossing the road after alighting from an auto-rickshaw near Kolhapuri Village, Pulgaon Chowk, which is