The court granted bail after evaluating the nature of allegations and evidence, highlighting due process in criminal proceedings.

ORDER

1. This petition arises from the judgment and order passed by the High Court of Chhattisgarh dated 12.2.2025 in Criminal Appeal No. 72 of 2024 by which the Criminal appeal preferred by the petitioner herein against the judgment and order of conviction and sentence passed by the trial court came to be dismissed.

2. We take notice of the fact that the petitioner was put to trial in the Court of Special Judge (FTSC), Sakti, District Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh in Special Criminal Case No.36 of 2023.

3. He stood convicted by the trial court for the offence punishable under Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short “the IPC ”) and was sentenced to undergo 5 years of rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs.1,000/- and also for the offence punishable under Section 354 of the and was sentenced to undergo 2 years of rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs.1,000/-.

4. The appeal has also now been dismissed by the High Court.

5. Leave granted.

6. Having regard to the nature of the allegations and also the evidence on record, we order that the petitioner be released on bail subject to terms and conditions that the trial court may deem fit to impose.