1 2026:CGHC:12548 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 847 of 2026 Surendra Kumar Verma S/o Gendram Verma Aged About 30 Years R/o Vllage Birkona, P/s Koni, Tahsil And District Bilaspur C.G. ... Applicant versus State of Chhattisgarh Through Station House O/cer, Police Station Excise Circle, Seepat, District Bilaspur C.G. ... Non-Applicant For Applicant : Mr. Kishan Kumar Sonkar, Advocate. For Non-applicant/State : Ms. Ritika Verma, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 16.03.2026 1. This is the :rst bail application :led 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. 160/2025 registered at Police Station- Excise Circle- Seepat District- Bilaspur, (C.G.) for the o?ence punishable under Sections 34(1)(a), 34(2) and 59(a) of the C.G. Excise Act. 2. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the matter has become infructuous as the trial has been concluded and the RAHUL DEWANGAN Digitally signed by RAHUL DEWANGAN 2 applicant has been acquitted. 3. Learned State counsel has no objection. 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 Rahul Dewangan