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2026:CGHC:4355
NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRMP No. 1260 of 2023 1 - Smt. Reeta Satpathi W/o. Suresh Satpathi, Aged About 52 Years 2 - Suresh Satpathi, S/o. Late. Madan Mohan Satpathi, Aged About 58 Years 3 - Vijay Satpathi @ Monu, S/o. Shri Suresh Satpathi, Aged About 33 Years 4 - Pinki @ Astha, W/o. Vijay Satpathi, Aged About 27 Years All The Above Are R/o. Aadaval Khas Para, P.S. Bodhghat Jagdalpur District - Bastar Chhattisgarh
... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House - P.S. Bodhghat, District - Bastar Chhattisgarh 2 - Smt. Raksha Mahapatra Satpathi, W/o. Ajay Satpathi, Aged About 27 Years R/o. Bhairamdev, Ward No. 04, Jagdalpur District - Bastar Chhattisgarh
... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Ms.Ashwini Goverdhan, Advocate For Respondent No.1-State For Respondent No.2 : : Mr.Priyank Rathi, Government Advocate Mr.Vikash A. Shrivastava, Advocate Hon'ble Shri
Ramesh Sinha,
Chief Justice
Hon'ble
Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge
BABLU RAJENDRA BHANARKAR Digitally signed by BABLU RAJENDRA BHANARKAR Date: 2026.01.27 17:11:34 +0530
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Order
on Board
Per
Ramesh Sinha
, Chief Justice
27 .01
.2026
1. Heard Ms.Ashwini Goverdhan, learned counsel for the petitioners as well as Mr.Priyank Rathi, learned Government Advocate appearing for respondent No.1/State and Mr.Vikas A. Shrivastava, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2.
2. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners with the following prayer:
“It is, therefore, prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to allow this petition and quash entire Charge-sheet, filed in connection with Crime no.5/2023 registered at Police Station Bodhghat under section -498-A, 34 of L.P.C. & also quash the Criminal Case No. 352/2023 pending before Judicial Magistrate rate First Class, Jagdalpur, Dist- Bastar (C.G.) and set free the applicants from the alleged aforesaid offences, in the interest of justice.”
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Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been acquitted by the trial Court and as such, this petition has become infructuous.
4. Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. Sd/- Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) (Ramesh Sinha) Judge Chief Justice Bablu