1 2026:CGHC:16920 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR ACQA No. 133 of 2022 1 - Saumitra Shukla S/o Shri Sanjay Aged About 25 Years 2 - Santosh Shukla S/o Shri Ganesh Shukla Aged About 40 Years 3 - Saurabh Shukla S/o Shri Sanjay Aged About 19 Years 4 - Prabhat Awasthi S/o Shri Jainarayan, Aged About 45 Years 5 - Prakash Awasthi S/o Shri Jainarayan Aged About 38 Years 6 - Pramod Bharat Awasthi S/o Shri Jainarayan, Aged About 52 Years All R/o Village Maturi, Police Station Masturi, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh. ... Appellant(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Station House Officer, Police Station Masturi, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh. 2 - Narendra Tirpathi S/o Shri Radheshyam, Aged About 36 Years 3 - Birendra Tirpathi S/o Shri Radheshhyam Tripathi Aged About 38 Years 4 - Surendra Tripathi S/o Shri Radheshyam Tripathi Aged About 48 Years 5 - Ashutosh Tripathi S/o Shri Surendra, Aged About 23 Years 6 - Kamal Prasad Yadav S/o Shri Sarju Prasad Aged About 32 Years NARESH KUMAR KAMDE Digitally signed by NARESH KUMAR KAMDE Date: 2026.04.13 18:32:21 +0530 2 7 - Vivek @Rinku Tripathi S/o Shri Kedarnath Aged About 28 Years 8 - Akku @ Aijay Tripathi S/o Shri Kedarnath Aged About 30 Years 9 - Kedarnath Tripathi S/o Shri Radheshyam Aged About 53 Years 10 - Vinod Sarthi S/o Shri Lalji Sarthi Aged About 42 Years No.2 to 10 R/o Village Masturi, Police Station Masturi, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh. ... Respondent(s) For Appellants : Shri Ashutosh Trivedi, Advocate. For Respondent No.1/State : Shri Deepak Kumar Singh, P.L. SB: Hon'ble Shri Justic e Sanjay S. Agrawal Order on Board 13/04/2026 1. At the outset, learned counsel appearing for the appellants, while referring to the order dated 07/10/2025 passed by the Division Bench of this Court in Acquittal Appeal No.57/2022 (Vinod Kumar Sarthi and others vs. State of Chhattisgarh and others) and other connected appeals being Criminal Appeal No.235/2022 (Anurag Awasthi vs. State of Chhattisgarh), Criminal Appeal No.388/2022 (Narendra Tripathi and others vs. State of Chhattisgarh) and Criminal Appeal No.566/2022 (Saumitra Shukla and others vs. State of Chhattisgarh) submits that he does not want to press this appeal. 2. The appeal is, accordingly, dismissed as not pressed in view of the judgment passed by the Division Bench of this Court. Sd/- (Sanjay S. Agrawal) JUDGE Kamde