Sambit Patra, S/o Sh. Rabindra Nath Patra vs State of Chhattisgarh, Through the Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Govt. of Chhattisgarh, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur (C. G. )

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2021 Supreme(Chh) 313

SANJAY K.AGRAWAL
Sambit Patra, S/o Sh. Rabindra Nath Patra – Appellant
Versus
State of Chhattisgarh, Through the Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Govt. of Chhattisgarh, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur (C. G. ) – Respondent

Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant :Ms. Pinky Anand & Mr. Ajay Barman, Senior Advocates with Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Singh, Mr. Rajesh Ranjan, Mr. Vivek Sharma, Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Ms. Ayushi Agrawal and Mr. Sharad Mishra, Advocates.
For the Respondents:Mr. Sunil Otwani, Mr. Jitendra Pali, Mr. Arjit Tiwari, Advocate.

ORDER :

1. The petitioner herein in W.P.(Cr.)No.251/2020 seeks quashment of FIR No.192/2020 (Annexure P-2) registered in Police Station Bhilai Nagar, District Durg on 11-5-2020 at 7.29 p.m. for the offences punishable under Sections 499, 500, 501 & 505(1) of the IPC. Likewise, he also seeks quashment of FIR No.200/2020 (Annexure P-1) registered at Police Station Civil Lines, Raipur on 11-5-2020 at 7.31 p.m. for the offences punishable under Sections 153A, 298 & 505(2) of the IPC.

2. The petitioner herein in W.P.(Cr.)No.279/2020 seeks quashment of FIR No.102/2020 (Annexure P-1) registered at Police Station Bhanupratappur, District Kanker on 24-5-2020 for the offences punishable under Sections 153A, 505 of the IPC and Section 66 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

3. Since common question of fact and law is involved in both the writ petitions, they were clubbed and heard together and are being disposed of by this common order.

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4. Quashing of aforesaid FIRs in the two writ petitions has been sought in the following factual score: -

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5. The petitioner is a doctor by profession and presently, he is also discharging his duties as a National Spokesperson o

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2021 Supreme(Chh) 313

SANJAY K.AGRAWALSambit Patra, S/o Sh. Rabindra Nath Patra – AppellantVersusState of Chhattisgarh, Through the Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Govt. of Chhattisgarh, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur (C. G. ) – Respondent

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SANJAY K.AGRAWAL
Sambit Patra, S/o Sh. Rabindra Nath Patra – Appellant
Versus
State of Chhattisgarh, Through the Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Govt. of Chhattisgarh, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur (C. G. ) – Respondent