2026:CGHC:12652-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRMP No. 3277 of 2025

1 - Savitri Bai Sahu W/o Shashikant Sahu, Aged About 53 Years, R/o Balco, Ward No. 39 Sada Colony Bhadrapara, Police Station- Balco, District- Korba C.G.

2 - Kamleshwari Sahu W/o Lalit Kumar Sahu, Aged About 26 Years, R/o H.No. 1357 B-Block Naya Line Near Sardar Akana, Police Station- Sonari East, District Singhbhum (Jharkhand), Present Address- Balco, Ward No. 39 Sada Colony Bhadrapara, Police Station- Balco, District-

Korba C.G.

3 - Jaikumar Sahu S/o Shashikant Sahu, Aged About 30 Years, R/o Balco, Ward No. 39 Sada Colony Bhadrapara, Police Station- Balco, District- Korba C.G.

... Applicants/Petitioners versus

1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Police Station-

Shivrinarayan, District - Janjgir-Champa C.G.

2 - Anjali Sahu W/o Jai Kumar Sahu, Aged About 23 Years, R/o Village-

Kukda, Police Station- Shivrinarayan, District - Janjgir-Champa C.G.

... Respondents DMAA iOg D iHt I a LAl MK y HMsi A gEN nDed by

D16a:t1e3: :22012 +6.00533.109

(Cause-title taken from Case Information System)

For Petitioners/Applicants : Mr. Chandrikaditya Pandey, Advocate.

For State : Mr. Sourabh Sahu, Panel Lawyer.

For Respondent No.2 Ms. Soniya Sahu, Advocate.

Division Bench:

Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon’ble Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge

Order on Board

Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

17- 03-2026

1. This petition under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (in short B.N.S.S.) has been preferred by the petitioners/applicants, who are in-laws and husband of the Respondent No. 2/ complainant, with the following prayer:-

“It is, therefore, prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash the first information report bearing Crime No. 294/2025 registered at Police Station Shivrinarayan, District Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) for the offence punishable under section 85, 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 on 30.07.2025, the entire charge-sheet including final report No. 259/2025 for the offence punishable under Section 85, 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and order dated 21.08.2025 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Pamgarh, District -Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) that sufficient grounds are available for taking cognizance against the applicants for the offence punishable under Section 85, 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and registration of the case as Criminal Case No. 938/2025 and the subsequent proceedings pending before the learned Trial Court, in the interest of justice.”

2. The brief facts of the case are that the complainant/ Respondent No. 2, Anjali Sahu, was married to Jai Kumar Sahu (Petitioner No. 3) on 21.02.2025 and started residing at her matrimonial home in Balco Nagar, Korba. Shortly after the marriage, she was allegedly subjected to physical and mental cruelty by her husband, mother-in-law Savitri Bai (Petitioner No. 1), and sister-in-law Kamleshvari Sahu (Petitioner No. 2) over trivial issues and for not bringing a motorcycle in dowry, along with further demand of Rs. 10,00,000 from her parental home. It is alleged that she was assaulted, threatened, and even attacked with a knife by her husband, causing injuries, and was later confined and subjected to further harassment and attempts to strangulate her. Upon her complaint, Crime No. 294/2025 was registered under Section 85 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and after investigation, charge-sheet No. 259/2025 was filed before the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Pamgarh, who took cognizance and granted bail to the accused. Earlier, a petition filed by two of the accused was dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file afresh after impleading the husband, leading to the present petition challenging the FIR, charge-sheet, and cognizance order.

3. During the pendency of the said criminal case, this Court vide its order dated 28.02.2026 directed the parties explore the possibility to settle their dispute by way of mediation and enter int