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
{
    
    if (!tx.IsCoinBase()) {
        txundo.vprevout.reserve(tx.vin.size());
        for (const CTxIn &txin : tx.vin) {
            txundo.vprevout.emplace_back();
            bool is_spent = inputs.SpendCoin(txin.prevout, &txundo.vprevout.back());
            assert(is_spent);
        }
    }
    
    AddCoins(inputs, tx, nHeight);
}
void UpdateCoins(const CTransaction& tx, CCoinsViewCache& inputs, int nHeight)
{
    CTxUndo txundo;
    UpdateCoins(tx, inputs, txundo, nHeight);
}
bool CScriptCheck::operator()() {
    const CScript &scriptSig = ptxTo->vin[nIn].scriptSig;
    const CScriptWitness *witness = &ptxTo->vin[nIn].scriptWitness;
    return VerifyScript(scriptSig, m_tx_out.scriptPubKey, witness, nFlags, CachingTransactionSignatureChecker(ptxTo, nIn, m_tx_out.nValue, cacheStore, *txdata), &error);
}
int GetSpendHeight(const CCoinsViewCache& inputs)