Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur (Ramesh Sinha, CJ), 09/04/2026 – batch of 14 MCRCs (Nos. 2145, 2465, 2374, 2275, 2277, 2281, 2185, 2204, 2200, 2194, 2192, 2191, 2184, 2150 of 2026), Amit Baghel v. State of Chhattisgarh. Regular bail under S.483 BNSS rejected in FIRs for offences under Ss.299, 302, 353(1)(c), 353(2), 196(1) BNS arising from remarks against Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Maharaja Agrasen and Shri Jhulelal; communal harmony/public order; multiple FIRs from one statement; 18 criminal antecedents. Three-month temporary bail/parole granted with conditions (Raipur exclusion, surrender undertaking, S.351 BNSS presence, S.84 BNSS/S.209 BNS consequence). No precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Regular bail rejected in all fourteen applications; however, the applicant is granted limited relief of temporary bail/parole for three (03) months from the date of release, on a personal bond with two sureties and an undertaking to surrender before the concerned trial Court, subject to imposed conditions (including staying outside District Raipur except on trial dates); breach is open to cancellation on the State's application.