Ankit Singh (in Person) Vs State of Chhattisgarh — Chhattisgarh HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Ankit Singh (in Person) Vs State of Chhattisgarh — Chhattisgarh HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Liberty to the petitioner to avail the appropriate remedy before the appropriate forum; the prayer for a direction to register the FIR was declined.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. should be allowed and the S.P., Korba and the Station House Officer, P.S. Dipka directed to register an FIR against the accused persons, or whether the petitioner should instead pursue the statutory remedies before the Court below (Section 156(3)/Section 200 Cr.P.C., now Section 175(3)/Section 223 BNSS, 2023).

Court's answer

The petition is dismissed, with liberty to the petitioner to avail the appropriate remedy before the appropriate forum; no direction to register the FIR is issued.

Ratio / Principle

In dismissing the petition ('accordingly', upon the State's submission), the Court proceeded on the footing that the petitioner's grievance is redressable before the Court below by an application under Section 156(3) or Section 200 Cr.P.C. (now Section 175(3) or Section 223, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023), and in terms of the earlier orders in Waseem Haider (Allahabad High Court, order dated 14.12.2020) and Akhilesh Agrawal v. State of Chhattisgarh (WPCR No. 333 of 2020, decided 12.04.2023).

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

CRMP No. 187 of 2025, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, decided 06-01-2026 by Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J. Ankit Singh (in person) filed a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. praying that the S.P., Korba and the Station House Officer, P.S. Dipka be directed to register an FIR against the accused persons, including Kanti Kumar Pradhan and the eleven named directors of M/s Hind Energy and Coal Benefication India Ltd.; respondent No. 5 is the Deputy Commissioner, Benami Property Unit (BPU), Income Tax Office, Raipur. Counsel for the petitioner submitted that several complaints had been made but no action was taken by the State-respondents. The State submitted that the grievance can be redressed before the Court below by an application under Section 156(3) or Section 200 Cr.P.C. (now under Section 175(3) or Section 223, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023), and that the controversy already stands decided by the Allahabad High Court's order in Misc. Bench No. 24492 of 2020 (Waseem Haider v. State of U.P.), dated 14.12.2020, and by this Court's order in WPCR No. 333 of 2020 (Akhilesh Agrawal v. State of Chhattisgarh & Others), decided 12.04.2023, dismissing a similar petition. Held: the petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to avail the appropriate remedy before the appropriate forum.

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2026:CGHC:777

NAFR

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

CRMP No. 187 of 2025

1 - Ankit Singh (In Person) S/o Mahendra Singh, Aged About 30 Years, R/o Dipka Colony, Post and Police Station Dipka, District Korba, C.G.

... Petitioner

versus

1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through the Secretary, Home Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, C.G.

2 - Director General of Police, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, District Raipur, C.G.

3 - Superintendent of Police, Korba, District Korba, C.G.

4 - The Station House Officer, Police Station Dipka, District Korba, C.G.

5 - The Deputy Commissioner Benami Property Unit (BPU) Income Tax Office, Room No. 201, 1^st Floor, Central Revenue Building, Civil Line, Raipur, C.G.

6 - Kanti Kumar Pradhan S/o Late Ghanshyam Singh, Aged About 60 Years, R/o House No. 46, Somwari Bazar, Tahsil Dipka, District Korba, C.G.

7 - The Directors of M/s Hind Energy and Coal Benefication India Ltd.,

Pawan Kumar Agrawal

Rajeev Agrawal

Sanjay Agrawal

Satish Kumar Agrawal

Supriti Sen

Nalini Ranjan Trivedi

Aditya Agrawal

8.Rajesh Rethi Nair

Pawan Kumar Tiwari

Digitally signed byMOHAMMEDAADIL KHAN Date: 2026.01.0819:46:53 +0530

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Amit Kumar Sharma

11. Rajesh Agrawal

Members of M/s Hind Energy and Coal Benefication India Ltd. Near Sai Parisar, Shrikant Verma Marg, Bilaspur, Distrtict Bilaspur, C.G.

... Respondents

(Cause title taken from Case Information System)

For Petitioner : Petitioner in person Ankit Singh For State-Respondents : Mr. Anish Tiwari, Deputy Govt. Advocate. Hon’ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J. Order on Board

06-01-2026

1 . The present petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following prayer(s):

“It is therefore, prayed that this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to allow this petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. and direct the S.P. Korba and Station House Officer Dipka to register the FIR against accused persons, in the interest of justice.”

2 . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that despite several complaints have been made, no action has been taken by the State-respondents.

3 . I have perused the prayer and pleadings made in the petition.

4 . Learned State counsel, on the other hand, has submitted that the grievance of the petitioner can be very well redressed before the Court below by filing an application under Section 156 (3) or under Section 200 of the Cr.P.C. (now, under Section 175(3) or under Section 223 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023). He further submits that the controversy involved in the present matter has already been decided by the High Court of Allahabad in Misc. Bench No. 24492 of 2020 : Waseem Haider Vs. State of U.P. Through Principal Secretary, Home Others vide order dated 14.12.2020 as well as by this Court in WPCR No.333 of 2020 (Akhilesh

Agrawal v. State of Chhattisgarh & Others) decided on 12.04.2023 , dismissing the said petition, hence, the present petition be also dismissed in

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terms of the said order.

5 . Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to avail the appropriate remedy before appropriate Forum.

Sd/-

(Ravindra Kumar Agrawal)

Judge

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