1 CGHC010001362023 2026:CGHC:3744 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRA No. 128 of 2023 Umesh Nishad S/o Heeradhar Nishad, Aged About 28 Years R/o Village - Navadih Tetla Police Station And Tehsil Pusour District - Raigarh Chhattisgarh ... Appellant(s) versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through - Police Station Chakradharnagar Raigarh, District - Raigarh Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Appellant(s) : Ms. Shruti Shrivastava, Advocate. For Respondent(s) : Mr. Sumit Singh, Deputy Advocate General. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Judgment on Board 20/08/2026 1. Heard Ms. Shruti Shrivastava, learned counsel for the appellant. Also heard Mr. Sumit Singh, learned Deputy Advocate General appearing for the respondent/State. 2 2. Being aggrieved by the impugned order dated 24.11.2022 passed by the learned Special Judge (Atrocities Act), Raigarh, District Raigarh (C.G.) in Special Criminal Case under the Atrocities Act No. 21/2022, arising out of Crime No. 143/2022 registered at Police Station Chakradharnagar, Raigarh (C.G.), whereby the learned Court trial Court has dismissed the application filed by the applicant under Section 227 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and has framed charges against the applicant under Section 376(2)(n) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3(2)(V) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. 3. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that during the pendency of the present appeal, the learned trial Court has already acquitted the appellant of the aforesaid charges. Therefore, the present appeal has become infructuous. 4. Learned State counsel does not dispute the aforesaid submission. 5. Accordingly, in view of the submission made by learned counsel for the appellant that the trial Court has already acquitted the appellant of the aforesaid charges, the present appeal is dismissed as having become infructuous. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Akhil