Shashi Kumar Gandharva v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Shashi Kumar Gandharva v. State of Chhattisgarh and others (Benugopal Gandharva, Jagdish Gandharva, Rajkumar @ Meeta Gandharva, Smt. Tareshwari @ Gudiya, Ku. Poonam); CRMP No. 578 of 2021; High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; decided 14.08.2025; Bench: Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice (author) with Bibhu Datta Guru, Judge; subject: prayer for deletion of petitioner's name from charge-sheet and from criminal case (Police Station City Kotwali, Mungeli; Judicial Magistrate First Class, Mungeli); no appearance for petitioner; State counsel Nitansh Jaiswal, Panel Lawyer; acquittal by trial Court vide judgment dated 27.07.2022 reported by State counsel; petition dismissed as infructuous; NAFR.
What did the court decide?
In view of the submission made by the learned State counsel that the petitioner had already been acquitted by the trial Court, the present petition is dismissed as infructuous.