2026:CGHC:11111 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR ORDER RESERVED ON 04.02.2026 ORDER DELIVERED ON 03.03.2026 ORDER UPLOADED ON 03.03.2026 MCRC No. 10445 of 2025

1 - Nitesh Purohit S/o Bhanu Shankar Purohit Aged About 52 Years R/o B-1, Mukta Sadan, In Front Of Goyal Nursing Home Samta Colony, District- Raipur Chhattisgarh, ... Applicant(s)

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1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through ACB/ EOw, District- Raipur Chhattisgarh, ... Respondent(s)

(Hon’ble Shri Justice Arvind Kumar Verma)

C A V Order

The instant application is preferred by the applicant seeking grant of regular bail in connection with FIR No. 04/2024 registered at Police Station EOW/ACB, Raipur, pertaining to offences punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B IPC as well as Sections 7 and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Bail application filed before the learned Special Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act), Raipur came to be rejected vide order dated 10.12.2025, which order is impugned herein.

BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE

2. The prosecution case, in nutshell, revolves around an alleged liquor scam in Chhattisgarh unearthed during Income Tax search and seizure operations conducted in February-March 2020