Santosh Kumar Vaishya v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, MCRC No. 4224 of 2025, decided 03/06/2025 by Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal (single Bench): bail application of Santosh Kumar Vaishya under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 dismissed as withdrawn; charge-sheet filed after trial Court's rejection of bail on 15.04.2025 for offences under Section 376(2)(n) IPC, Sections 69 and 351 BNSS 2023, and Section 3(2)(v)(a) SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989; liberty granted to file appeal under the SC/ST Act claiming bail; State (Govt. Advocate Rajeev Bharat) did not oppose; applicant represented by Siddharth Pandey, Advocate; Annexure A-1 certified copy to be returned after retaining attested true copy.
What did the court decide?
Bail application dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file an appeal under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 claiming bail to the applicant; certified copy Annexure A-1 directed to be returned to the applicant's counsel after retaining its attested true copy.