2026:CGHC:18446 Digitally NAFR signed by AKHILESH AKHILESH BEOHAR BEOHAR Date:

2026.04.23 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

10:32:30 +0530 MCRC No. 3245 of 2026 • Poshan Tekam, S/o Kartik Ram Tekam, aged about 23 Years, R/o Chikhlakasa, Police Station Rajhara, District- Balod (C.G.)

...Applicant versus • State of Chhattisgarh, Through the Station House Officer, Police of Police Station Akladongari, District- Dhamtari (C.G.)

..Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. Anil Gulati, Advocate.

For State : Mr. Vivek Sharma, Panel Lawyer.

(Hon’ble Shri Justice Radhakishan Agrawal)

Order on Board

22/04/2026

1.

This is the first bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No.03/2025 registered at Police Station – Akladongari, District Dhamtari, (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Section 65(1) of Bhartiya Nayay Sanhita and Section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

2.

Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the applicant came into contact with the victim during a marriage function on 23.05.2024, and thereafter they started talking to each other