SATYAVRAT VERMA
Sangeeta Sinha – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent
Satyavrat Verma, J. – Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the complainant and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The present application has been filed seeking quashing of the order dated 18.08.2018, passed in Protest Complaint Case No. 483 of 2006/Tr. No. 1716 of 2018, whereby the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Gaya has been pleased to take cognizance, for the offence under Section 304A of the Indian Penal Code, against the petitioner, after the matter was remanded back by this Court by order dated 19.03.2010 in Cr. Misc. No. 43133 of 2007.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner, at the outset, submits that it would be pertinent to bring on record certain relevant facts which have bearing on the adjudication of the present case. It is further submitted that the complainant, who is brother-in-law of the deceased, had instituted Kotwali P.S. Case No. 73 of 2006, dated 29.03.2006, under Section 304A of the Indian Penal Code, against the petitioner. It is next submitted that the police, after threadbare investigation, came to a considered conclusion that petitioner was innocent and, accordingly, final form was submitted. It is further submitted t
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