1 2025:CGHC:44013 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRCA No. 1305 of 2025 Lachhiram Gond S/o Lakhan Gond Aged About 52 Years R/o Village- Bade Ameri, Ward No. 20, Kotmi Sonar, P.S. And Tahsil Akaltara District- Janjgir- Champa (C.G.) ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through P.S. Akaltara District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) ... Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. F.S. Khare, Advocate. For Non-applicant/State : Mr. Hariom Rai, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 29.08.2025 1. This is the first anticipatory bail application filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No.352/2025 registered at Police Station – Akaltara, District - Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) 34(2) of C.G. Excise Act. 2. It transpires from the record that the present anticipatory bail 2 application falls under Section 34(2) of the Chhattisgarh Excise Act. which is not maintainable as per provisions of Section. 3. In view of the above, the present anticipatory bail application is dismissed as not maintainable. - Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice vaibhav