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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA
Kitti Nawani @ Kishore Nawani S/o Late Mohan Lal Nawani – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. overview of allegations against petitioner (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. petitioner's arguments on authority and bias (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. defense against personal details allegations (Para 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 4. fir allegations and documentary evidence (Para 8 , 9) |
| 5. procedural issues in lower court (Para 10 , 11) |
| 6. petitioner's actions and legal standing (Para 12 , 19 , 21) |
| 7. interventions by higher courts (Para 13 , 15) |
| 8. criteria for quashing legal proceedings (Para 14 , 18 , 20 , 22) |
| 9. final decision on quashing request (Para 24 , 25) |
JUDGMENT :
CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA, J.
The present quashing application/petition preferred u/s 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (in short ‘CrPC’) on behalf of the petitioner for quashing of the entire proceedings arising out of Complaint Case No. 2042 of 2014, wherein cognizance has been taken against the petitioner/accused for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 504, 420 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (in short ‘IPC’) by the court of learned A.C.J.M., Gaya.
2. Allegation as averred in complaint case, suggest that “Buddhist Thai Bharat Society” (in short ‘Society”) is a charitable welfare society duly registered under the Societies Registration Act,
Court affirmed that defenses in criminal proceedings are evaluated at trial and not during quashing applications, emphasizing the necessity to substantiate allegations properly.
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