1 2026:CGHC:149 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 8427 of 2025 Jitendra Kumar Tandan @ Jeetu S/o Sundar Lal Tandan, Aged About 30 Years R/o Rambhatha Jay Stambh Chowk, Tah. And District Raigarh (C.G.) ... Applicant(s) versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Thana In-Charge, P.S. City Kotwali, District Raigarh (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Applicant(s) : Mr. Rajendra Tripathi, Advocate. For Respondent(s) : Ms. Smriti Shrivastava, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order On Board 02/01/2026 1. This is the first bail application filed under Section 483 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. 505/2025 registered at Police Station AKHILESH KUMAR DEWANGAN Digitally signed by AKHILESH KUMAR DEWANGAN 2 City Kotwali, District Raigarh (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 34(2), 59(A) of C.G. Excise Act. 2. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that present bail application has become infructuous as the trial has been concluded. 3. Learned State counsel has no objection. 4. In view of the submission made by the learned counsel for the applicant, present bail application stands dismissed as having become infructuous. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Akhil