Chhattisgarh High Court
WPC/3516/2021 of RAM NARAYAN KEWAT Vs STATE OF CHHATTISGARH on 8 October 2026
2026:CGHC:43835 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 3516 of 2021 Ram Narayan Kewat S/o Ram Sevak, Aged About 49 Years, Village Bharridand, Tehsil Marwahi District - Pendra Gourela Marwahi (Chhattisgarh) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The
CGHC010160872021
2026:CGHC:43835
NAFR
HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
WPC No. 3516 of 2021
Ram Narayan Kewat S/o Ram Sevak, Aged About 49 Years, Village Bharridand, Tehsil Marwahi District - Pendra Gourela Marwahi (Chhattisgarh)
... Petitioner(s)
versus
1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, General Administration Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur (Chhattisgarh)
2 - State Of Chhattisgarh, Through The Secretary, Department of Law and Legislative Affairs, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur (Chhattisgarh)
3 - Chhattisgarh State Legal Service Authority, Old High Court Building, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh)
... Respondent(s)
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For Petitioner(s)
:
Mr. Anurag Pandey, Advocate on behalf of Mr.
Yogeshwar Sharma, Advocate
For Respondent(s) :
Dr. Arham Siddique, Panel Lawyer
SB: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad Order on Board 09/10/2026
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1. By way of this petition, the petitioner seeks the following reliefs 10.1 That The Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to order Respondents to follow CRPC Section 24 and only appoint advocates having 7 years experience as Public Prosecutor and Assistant Public Prosecutor in High Courts and District Courts. 10.2 That The Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash all appointments of Public Prosecutor and Assistant Public Prosecutor in High Courts and District Courts, of those lawyers who were not having 7 years experience at the time of appointment. 10.3 Any other relief which this Hon'ble Court may deem and proper in the present circumstances of the case.
2. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that by efflux of time, the grievance raised in the present petition has been rendered infructuous. However, he prays for liberty to approach this Court again in accordance with law, in the event future appointments of Public Prosecutors or Assistant Public
Prosecutors are made in violation of the applicable provisions, specifically under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
3. In view of the above, the Writ Petition is dismissed as having rendered infructuous, with the liberty as prayed for. Sd/- (Amitendra Kishore Prasad)
Judge Shyna Ajay