1 2025:CGHC:41072 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRMP No. 578 of 2021 Shashi Kumar Gandharva S/o Rekharam Gandharva, Aged About 30 Years R/o Kharripara, Mungeli, Police Station City Kotwali, Mungeli, District Mungeli, Chhattisgarh. ... Petitioner(s) versus 1. State of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Police Station City Kotwali, Mungeli, District Mungeli, Chhattisgarh. 2. Benugopal Gandharva S/o Jagdish Gandharva, Aged About 27 Years R/o Kharripara, Mungeli, Police Station City Kotwali, Mungeli, District Mungeli, Chhattisgarh. 3. Jagdish Gandharva S/o Thanaram, Aged About 55 Years R/o Kharripara, Mungeli, Police Station City Kotwali, Mungeli, District Mungeli, Chhattisgarh. 4. Rajkumar @ Meeta Gandharva W/o Jagdish Gandharva, Aged About 42 Years R/o Kharripara, Mungeli, Police Station City Kotwali, Mungeli, District Mungeli, Chhattisgarh. 5. Smt. Tareshwari @ Gudiya W/o Shashi Kumar Gandharva, Aged About 28 Years R/o Kharripara, Mungeli, Police Station City Kotwali, Mungeli, District Mungeli, Chhattisgarh. 6. Ku. Poonam D/o Jagdish Gandharva, Aged About 19 Years R/o Kharripara, Mungeli, Police Station City Kotwali, Mungeli, District Mungeli, Chhattisgarh. ...Respondent(s) BRIJMOHAN MORLE Digitally signed by BRIJMOHAN MORLE Date: 2025.08.14 17:49:22 +0530 2 For Petitioner : None. For Respondent/State : Mr. Nitansh Jaiswal, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru , Judge Order on Board Per Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice 14.08.2025 1. No one has appeared, nor has any representation been made, on behalf of the petitioner to press the present petition. 2. Mr. Nitansh Jaiswal, learned Panel Lawyer, appears on behalf of the State and is present before the Court. 3. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following prayer: “It is, therefore, prayed that this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to allow the petition filed by the petitioner and be pleased to make an order to delete the name of the petitioner from the charge-sheet and by directing the Station House Officer of Police Station City Kotwali Mungeli to delete the name of the petitioner from the charge-sheet and also directing the learned Presiding Judge of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Mungeli to delete the name of the petitioner from the criminal case, in the interest of justice.” 3 4. Learned State counsel submits that the petitioner has already been acquitted by the learned trial Court vide judgment dated 27.07.2022, and therefore, the present petition has become infructuous. 5. In view of the submission made by the learned State counsel, the present petition is dismissed as infructuous. Sd/- Sd/- (Bibhu Datta Guru) (Ramesh Sinha) Judge Chief Justice Brijmohan