1 2026:CGHC:17899 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 9669 of 2025 Surendra Kumar Behra S/o Vrishbhanu Behra Aged About 54 Years R/o Village- Bagbadi, P.S. Tamnar, Dist- Raigarh Chhattisgarh. ... Applicant versus State of Chhattisgarh Through- Station House Officer (S.H.O.) P.S. Tamnar, District- Raigarh (C.G.) ... Non-Applicant For Applicant : None For Non-applicant/State : Ms. Palak Dwivedi, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 20.04.2026 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. 239/2025 registered at Police Station- Tamnar, District- Raigarh, (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Section 34(2) and 59(A) of the Chhattisgarh Excise Act. 2. None appears nor any representation is made on behalf of the applicant to press this bail application when the case is called out. RAHUL DEWANGAN Digitally signed by RAHUL DEWANGAN 2 3. Learned State counsel submits that the matter has become infructuous as the trial has been concluded and the applicant has been acquitted. 4. In view of the submission made by the learned State counsel, the present bail application is dismissed as having become infructuous. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) CHIEF JUSTICE Rahul Dewangan