1 CGHC010206302026 2026:CGHC:29133 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 4875 of 2026 Smt. Rukhmani Lahre W/o Shri Devraj Lahre Aged About 32 Years R/o. Village - Pachari, Thana- Patewa, Distt. - Mahasamund (C.G.) ... Applicant(s) versus The State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer Of Police Station - Patewa, Distt. - Mahasamund (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Applicant(s) : Mr. Sumit Shrivastava, Advoate. For Respondent(s) : Ms. Monika Thakur, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 10.07. 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. 78/2026 registered at Police Station Patewa, Distt. - 2 Mahasamund (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Section 34(2) of C.G. Excise Act. 2. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the present bail application has become infructuous as the applicant has already been granted default bail by the trial Court. 3. Leaned State counsel admitted the said fact. 4. In view of the submission made by the learned counsel for the applicant, the present bail application is dismissed as having become infructuous. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Akhil