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HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

WPCR No. 229 of 2026

Smt. Binda Bai Sahu W/o Late Guhri Sahu Aged About 60 Years R/o

Ward No. 05, Chikhali, Near Shiv Mandir, Rajnandgaon, Tahsil And

District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh

... Petitioner(s)

versus

1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Department Of Home

Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhavan, Naya Raipur, Raipur (Chhattisgarh)

2 - Director General Of Police Directorate Indirawati Bhawan, Raipur,

District Raipur Chhattisgarh

3 - Superintendent Of Police Rajnandgaon, Distt. Rajnandgaon (C.G.)

4 - The Station House Officer Police Station Kotwali, Rajnandgaon,

District Rajnandgaon (C.G.)

5 - Pawan Kumar Chouhan S/o Late Hawa Singh Aged About 25 Years

R/o Koshtha Para, Tilai, Tahsil Berla, District Bemetara (C.G.)

... Respondent(s)

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Mirza Hafeez Baig, Advocate

For Respondent(s) : Ms. Anusha Naik, Dy. G.A.

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Hon'ble Shr i Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Hon'ble Shri R avindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge

Order on Board

Per Ramesh Sinha, C.J .

24/04/2026

1. Heard Mr. Mirza Hafeez Baig, learned counsel for the petitioner as

well as Ms. Anusha Naik, learned Dy. Govt. Advocate for the

State/ Respondent.

2. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner with the

following prayers:

“(i) That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be

pleased to issue a writ of mandamus, order or

direction to the respondents police authorities to

take fresh enquiry and investigation on offence

of preparing forged documents as registered

sale deed of the land of the petitioner upon the

registered FIR No. 213/2023 and FIR No.

215/2023 for the offence under section 420 of

I.P.C. against the respondent no. 5 at the

earliest, in the interest of justice.

(ii) That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be

pleased to issue an appropriate writ by directing

the respondent to produce supplementary

challan after completion of re-no. 1 to 3

investigation, in the interest of justice

(iii) Any other relief which may be suitable in the

facts and circumstances of the case, may also

be granted.”

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3. The brief facts of the present case are that the petitioner is the

owner of land bearing Khasra No. 368/5 admeasuring 0.80 acre

situated at Village Chikhali, Tahsil and District Rajnandgaon

(C.G.). Being in need of financial assistance for construction of

her house under a Government Scheme, she was approached by

her relative Chetan Sahu, who introduced her to respondent No. 5

for arranging a bank loan. In the process, respondent No. 5

obtained the petitioner’s thumb impressions on certain documents

on the pretext of facilitating the loan. Subsequently, the petitioner

discovered that her land had been fraudulently sold to respondent

No. 5 through a registered sale deed executed by a power of

attorney holder, Kejuram, who had been earlier authorized only to

look after the property. Out of the alleged sale consideration, a

sum of Rs. 7,00,000/- was deposited in the petitioner’s account

and withdrawn using her thumb impression, while the remaining

amount was misappropriated by respondent No. 5.

4. That the petitioner, being an illiterate rural woman, had no

knowledge of the said transaction and had never consented to the

execution of any sale deed. Aggrieved, she lodged a complaint at

Police Station Kotwali, Rajnandgaon; however, the police

registered FIR Nos. 213/2023 and 215/2023 only under Section

420 IPC, treating the matter as a monetary dispute rather than

investigating the serious offences of forgery and fraud.

Dissatisfied with the improper investigation, the petitioner

approached the higher authorities seeking reinvestigation. Upon

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preliminary inquiry and recording of statements by the

Superintendent of Police, Rajnandgaon, prima facie offences

relating to forgery and fraudulent execution of documents were

found to be made out against respondent No. 5 and the power of

attorney holder. Despite this, no appropriate action has been

taken, compelling