# Balodabazar-Bhatapara Man vs State of Chhattisgarh

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 March 2026 in CRMP No. 669 of 2026, the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur (Coram: \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\], JJ.) adjudicated the matter concerning 2 police personnel, namely: Head Constable, Police Station City Kotwali, Balodabazar; Investigating Officer, Police Station City Kotwali, Balodabazar.

- Register number: CG 22 CW 0001
- Case reference: CRMP No. 669 of 2026 / 2026:CGHC:13121-DB
- Court and date: High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur (Coram: \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\], JJ.), 19 March 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, Police Station City Kotwali, Balodabazar; Investigating Officer, Police Station City Kotwali, Balodabazar
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: the Section 6 of Chhattisgarh Gambling (Prohibition) Act, 2022; Article 226 Constitution of India of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The undisputed position which emerges from the record is that the present petitioner has been implicated in the crime in question solely on the basis of the memorandum statement of co-accused, namely \[name withheld\], recorded during police custody. It is …” (at para Paragraph 15-16)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding.
- Present status of the proceedings: The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/121601686/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0079)

**Record:** CW-2026-0079 (compiler id CWC-1357); case cop-ct-hc-1
**Title:** Balodabazar-Bhatapara Man vs State of Chhattisgarh
**Court:** High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; judges: \[name withheld\]; \[name withheld\]
**Case number / citation:** CRMP No. 669 of 2026 / 2026:CGHC:13121-DB
**Judgment:** 2026-03-19 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2025-04-29 (2025)
**Place:** Balodabazar-Bhatapara, Chhattisgarh; police station or unit: Police Station City Kotwali, Balodabazar; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** false implication fabrication
**Outcome:** Adverse finding (adverse_finding)
**Sections:** Section 6 of Chhattisgarh Gambling (Prohibition) Act, 2022; Article 226 Constitution of India
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Police Station City Kotwali, Balodabazar; Investigating Officer, Police Station City Kotwali, Balodabazar (2 in record)
**Victims:** Balodabazar-Bhatapara man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The High Court quashed FIR No. 0425/2025 dated 29.04.2025 and chargesheet No. 453/2025 under Section 6 of Chhattisgarh Gambling (Prohibition) Act, 2022 against the petitioner, finding he was implicated solely on the custodial memorandum statement of co-accused \[name withheld\] recorded at 10:30 hours before the petitioner's arrest shown at 11:00 hours on 01.05.2025, with no recovery from petitioner. The Court held it indicates a mala fide exercise of power and abuse of process, noting prior clean acquittals, externment proceedings rejected, and a prior FIR quashed vide order dated 06.08.2025 in CRMP No. 1024/2022.

> The undisputed position which emerges from the record is that the present petitioner has been implicated in the crime in question solely on the basis of the memorandum statement of co-accused, namely \[name withheld\], recorded during police custody. It is well-settled that a memorandum or confessional statement of a co-accused, by itself, does not constitute substantive evidence and cannot be made the sole basis for implicating another accused.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/121601686/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** false_implication_fabrication
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', 'primary': True, 'position': 'Material fact supported', 'position_explainer': 'Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.', 'official_finding_relation': 'supports allegation'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** Paragraph 15-16
**display title redacted:** Balodabazar-Bhatapara Man vs State of Chhattisgarh
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-24', 'scope': 'Swarm scout and independent verification pass (Muse Spark).'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-03-19', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur recorded adverse findings against police personnel.', 'disposition': 'adverse finding compensation', 'source': '2026:CGHC:13121-DB', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-24
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/121601686/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** false implication fabrication
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** sections lists Section 482 CrPC; source excerpt cites Section 6 of Chhattisgarh Gambling (Prohibition) Act 2022 with Article 226, Section 262 BNSS / Section 482 (BNSS era), not 482 CrPC; officers lists generic Head Constable + Investigating Officer; source names one Head Constable by personal name (correctly redacted in data) and otherwise refers to investigating agency generally with mala fide finding
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding.

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