2026:CGHC:20714 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRCA No. 659 of 2026 Rameshwar S/o Sahettar Aged About 27 Years R/o Ward - 6 Village And Post Office Rasota Tahsil- Pamgarh, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.)

... Applicant versus State of Chhattisgarh Through Police Station, Kartala, District- Korba (C.G.)

... Non-Applicant For Applicant : Dr. Sudeep Agrawal, Advocate.

For Non-applicant/State : Mr. S.S. Baghel, Government Advocate Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Order On Board

04.05.2026

1. The applicant has preferred this application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’), for grant of anticipatory bail, apprehending his arrest in connection with Crime No. 19/2025, registered at Police Station Kartala, District- Korba, (C.G.) for alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections 318(4), 336(3), 338, 340(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

2. As per the case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the Tehsildar, RAHUL Kartala, submitted a written complaint before Police Station Kartala DEWANGAN Digitally signed by RAHUL DEWANGAN stating that the Patwari of Halka No. 34, namely Lokeshwar Maitri, had allegedly recorded partition entries in respect of land bearing Khasra Nos. 223, 265, 312, 503 and 980, situated at Village Chorbhatti, Tehsil Kartala, in the names of 10 persons in RD series and verified the same on 24.10.2024 using his digital signature; it was alleged that such entries were made in violation of prescribed rules, thereby implicating the said Patwari, the computer operator Bittu Chauhan, and the concerned beneficiaries, namely Vijay S/o Melaram, Naveen Bahadur S/o Hari Bahadur, Gajanand S/o Heerdas Satnami, Rameshwar S/o Sahetter, Dhanesh S/o Parsaram Kumhar, Heerdas S/o Bhawandas, Bhaleshwar S/o Shiv Kumar Teli, Vinod Vishwas S/o Vivek Vishwas (Bengali), Domendra Prasad S/o Mahavir Koshta and Jyoti Rai W/o Prince Rai Thakur. Pursuant to the said complaint and on the directions received, an offence has been registered against the accused persons, including Rameshwar (present applicant) and Domendra Prasad Devangan and others, for offences punishable under Sections 318(4), 336(3), 338, 340(2) and 3(5) of the BNS, 2023, and the matter is under investigation, hence, the present anticipatory bail application.

3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in a concocted and baseless story, and that the essential ingredients of the alleged offences are completely absent in the present case, rendering the registration of the FIR arbitrary and illegal. It is further submitted that the applicant was in no manner involved in any alleged illegal transfer or partition of land, and had neither visited the Patwari office nor submitted any application for mutation or partition. Learned counsel submits that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and belongs to a respectable family. It is also contended that the applicant has not submitted any forged documents before any bank, and that one Bittu Chauhan, who was acquainted with both the Patwari and the applicant, had independently obtained a loan in the applicant’s name and completed the formalities. It is further submitted that the loan amount of Rs. 10,00,000/- is being regularly repaid, and no wrongful loss has been caused. Learned counsel emphasizes that no overt act has been attributed to the applicant and there are no specific or direct allegations against him in the prosecution case. It is also submitted that the applicant’s wife is pregnant and his presence is necessary for her proper care and medical attention, in support of which medical documents have been filed as Annexure A/3. Lastly, it is submitted that the applicant is ready and willing to furnish adequate surety and undertakes to abide by all terms and conditions that may be imposed by this Hon’ble Court while granting anticipatory bail. Therefore, he prays for grant of anticipato