ORDER

This is the third application filed by the applicant under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking enlargement on bail. The earlier applications of the applicant were dismissed on merits vide order dated 11.07.2025 and 01.09.2025. He has been arrested on 21.06.2025 in connection with Crime No. 795/2013, registered at Police Station Forest Department, Ghatigaon, District Gwalior, for offences punishable under Sections 26 , 52 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 and under Sections 9 , 27, 50 and 51 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 .

As per the prosecution case, upon receipt of information regarding illegal hunting in Son Chidiya Sanctuary, Ghatigaon, forest staff conducted a search operation. The applicant was apprehended while fleeing on a motorcycle, and upon search, the head and four legs of a spotted deer (Chital) were recovered, along with burlap bags tied on the vehicle.

Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the present third bail application is based on a new ground, namely, the contradictory deposition of Keshav Prasad (PW-1), who has now been examined before the trial Court. It is submitted that PW-1 is a material witness, as the entire