1 2026:CGHC:108 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRCA No. 1982 of 2025 Ashutosh Pandey S/o Late Surendra Kumar Pandey Aged About 36 Years R/o Village Moharenga, Tah. And Ps Bemetara District Bemetara (C.G.) ... Applicant(s) versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through - Sho Police Station Bemetara District Bemetara (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Applicant(s) : Mr. Dheerendra Pandey, Advocate. For Respondent(s) : Mr. Dharmesh Shrivastava, Dy. A.G. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order On Board 02/01/2026 1. The applicant has preferred this application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’), for grant of anticipatory bail, apprehending his arrest in connection with Crime No.410/2024, registered at Police Station Bemetara District Bemetara (C.G.) for alleged commission of offence AKHILESH KUMAR DEWANGAN Digitally signed by AKHILESH KUMAR DEWANGAN 2 punishable under Sections 420, 34 of the Indian Penal Code (In short, IPC). 2. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that present anticipatory bail application has become infructuous as the applicant has already been arrested. 3. Learned State counsel has no objection. 4. In view of the submission made by the learned counsel for the applicant, present anticipatory bail application stands dismissed as having become infructuous. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Akhil