1 2026:CGHC:20921 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MAC No. 26 of 2020  Ashok Sharma S/o Late Angira Prasad Sharma, Aged About 39 Years, R/o Ward No.01, Nagar Panchayat Parpodi, Police Station Parpodi Tahsil Saja, District Bemetara, Chhattisgarh. ... Appellant versus 1. Lalaram S/o Dhanau Sahu, Aged About 40 Years; 2. Rahul S/o Lalaram Sahu, Aged About 6 Years, Minor Through Natural Guardian Father Lalaram S/o Dhanau Sahu Aged About 40 Years; Both are R/o Village And Post Boretara Tahsil And Police Station Saja, District Bemetara, Chhattisgarh. 3. Dilip Nishad @ Digvijay Singh S/o Mahar Singh, Aged About 47 Years, R/o Ward No.07, Nagar Panchayat Parpodi, Police Station Parpodi Tahsil Saja, District Bemetara, Chhattisgarh. 4. The New India Insurance Company Branch Office, Parak Bhawan Station Road, Durg, District Bemetara, Chhattisgarh. ... Respondents For Appellant :-Mr. T.K. Jha, Advocate with Mr. Parth Kuamr Jha, Advocates. For Respondents No.1 & 2 :-Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Sahu, Advocate. For Respondent No.4 :-Mr. H.P. Agrawal, Advocate. SB- Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal Order On Board 05.05.2026 1. This appeal has been preferred by the owner of the offending vehicle and on perusal of the records, it appears that the present ANKIT KUMAR SINGH Digitally signed by ANKIT KUMAR SINGH 2 appeal has been filed on 29.11.2019 and till today, i.e. more than 6 years, statutory amount under 1st proviso to Section 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, has not been deposited. 2. In that view of the matter this Court has left with no other option except to dismiss the instant appeal as not maintainable for want of statutory deposit. Sd/- (Sanjay K. Agrawal) Judge Ankit