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2026:CGHC:14085 NAFR

KUNAL DEWANGAN

Digitally HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR signed by KUNAL DEWANGAN

MCRC No. 1753 of 2026 Priyanka Singh D/o Shri Sanjay Singh Aged About 33 Years R/o House

No. 02, Gurudwara Basti, Bistupur, District Jamshedpur, Jharkhand ... Applicant(s)

versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Station House OfÏcer, Police Station

Civil Lines, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh --- Non-applicant(s)

For Applicant : Mr. Aniket Verma, Advocate along with Mr.

Parth Shrivastava, Advocate.

For Non-Applicant : Dr. Sourabh K. Pande, Dy. Adv. General.

For Objector : Ms. M. Asha, Advocate.

Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Order on Board

24/03/2026

1. This is the first bail application filed under Section 483 of the BNSS

for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 1382/2025 registered at Police Station Civil Lines, Bilaspur, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) for the offence

punishable under Sections 108 of B.N.S.

2. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 27.09.2025, a marg

enquiry bearing No. 76/2025 was registered under Section 194

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B.N.S.S. after it was found that one Gaurav Savanni @ Ishank Savanni (deceased) had committed suicide near the down line signal ahead of Uslapur Railway Station, during the course of enquiry statements of the family members including Neeraj Makhija and the father of the deceased Shri Ashok Savanni were recorded, wherein it was alleged that the deceased was under continuous mental pressure and harassment on account of the present applicant, who had earlier lodged a criminal case against him at Noida in March 2025, pursuant to which the deceased was arrested and remained in custody for some time and that such events had a direct bearing on his mental condition, further during investigation a suicide note was recovered from the wallet of the deceased and its scanned copy was also found in his mobile phone, wherein the present applicant was specifically named as being responsible for the circumstances leading to his suicide, it is also alleged that prior to committing suicide the deceased had sent messages/emails to his brother referring to the said note and on the basis of these materials an FIR was registered on 21.11.2025, thus the prosecution alleges that the acts and conduct of the present applicant had a direct nexus with the abetment of suicide committed

by the deceased.

3. Learned counsel for the applicant vehemently contends that the

applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is submitted that the applicant and the deceased came into contact in November 2024 through matrimonial platforms, namely Jeevansathi/ Shadi.com, with the intention of marriage. It is further

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submitted that on 20.03.2025, when both parties planned to meet at Hotel Royal Villa, Sector-70, Noida, the deceased insisted upon booking a single room for both of them, expressing her intention to marry the applicant and during the course of their meeting, she allegedly forced herself upon the applicant. Learned counsel further submits that subsequently, as the relationship between the applicant and the deceased could not materialize, the deceased lodged an FIR against the applicant alleging sexual harassment, and thereafter, multiple FIRs were lodged against him at short intervals, on account of which the applicant remained in custody for some time before being released on bail. It is also submitted that after 20.03.2025, there was no contact or communication whatsoever between the applicant and the deceased. It is further submitted that the deceased allegedly committed suicide on 27.09.2025 by coming under a train, however, the present FIR has been registered after an unexplained and inordinate delay of nearly two months, i.e., on 21.11.2025, purportedly on the basis of a suicide note alleged to have been recovered from the wallet of the deceased, without any specific date or circumstance of its recovery being m