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SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI
Ashok Kumar Jha – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI, J.
1. Heard Mr. Prabhash Kumar and Mr. Srijit Choudhary, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. Sunil Kumar Dubey and Mr. Achinto Sen, learned counsel for the State.
2. In all these petitions, common question of facts and laws are involved and that is why, all these petitions are being heard together with consent of the parties.
3. The prayer has been made in Cr.M.P. No. 1338 of 2014 for quashing of order taking cognizance dated 27.06.2013 including the entire criminal proceedings in connection with G(F)-198/12 dated 29.03.2012 corresponding to TR-1389/13, pending in the court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribagh. The prayer has been made in Cr.M.P. No. 1339 of 2014 for quashing of order taking cognizance dated 27.06.2013 including the entire criminal proceedings in connection with G(F)-197/12 dated 29.03.2012 corresponding to TR-1390/13, pending in the court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribagh. The prayer has been made in Cr.M.P. No. 1502 of 2014 for quashing of order taking cognizance dated 27.06.2013 including the entire criminal proceedings in connection with G(F)-197/12 dated 29.03.2012 corresponding
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