2026:CGHC:11109 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR ORDER RESERVED ON 09.02.2026 ORDER DELIVERED ON 03.03.2026 ORDER UPLOADED ON 03 .03.2026 MCRC No. 43 of 2026

1 - Dipen Chawda S/o Jawahar Chawda Aged About 52 Years R/o Chaitinaya Tower Ananta Vihar Colony, Daldal Senoi District - Raipur, Chhattisgarh ... Applicant(s)

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1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Acb/ Eow, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s)

For Applicant (s) : Shri Sunil Otwani, Sr. Advocate assisted by Shri Gagan Tiwari, Advocate For Respondent/State : Dr. Saurabh Kumar Pande, Dy.AG (Hon’ble Shri Justice Arvind Kumar Verma)

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The present application, preferred under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeks the grant of regular bail to the Applicant in connection with Crime No. 01/2024 of the Economic Offences Wing/Anti-Corruption Bureau, Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.), pertaining to offences under Sections 11, 13(1)(a), and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2018, read with Sections 120-B, 384, and 409 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

2. The prosecution case, in brief yet comprehensive terms, unfolds as follows: On 09.01.2024, the State Economic Offences Inves