https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/9ad6f14175c19b5d47267c3dd5840c14bad43c83/src/validation.cpp#L3711

If i'm following right the flow of the code, when we hit this lane `pindex` should be always equal to nullptr thus this check may be omitted
{
    for (std::set<int>::iterator it = setFilesToPrune.begin(); it != setFilesToPrune.end(); ++it) {
        FlatFilePos pos(*it, 0);
        fs::remove(BlockFileSeq().FileName(pos));
        fs::remove(UndoFileSeq().FileName(pos));
        LogPrintf("Prune: %s deleted blk/rev (%05u)\n", __func__, *it);
    }
}
void BlockManager::FindFilesToPruneManual(std::set<int>& setFilesToPrune, int nManualPruneHeight, int chain_tip_height)