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SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI
Ranjeet Kumar Lal – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Heard Ms. Surabhi, learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr. Devesh Krishna, learned counsel for the State and Mr. Pratyush Shounikya, learned counsel for respondent no.2.
2. This petition has been filed for quashing the FIR being Hazaribagh Sadar P.S. Case No.66/2022, pending in the court of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hazaribagh.
3. Opposite party no.2 has filed complaint case being Complaint Case No.2734 of 2021 alleging therein that the informant is a RTI Activist. In order to get some crucial CCTV footages in compact disc of the office of District Sub-Registrar, Hazaribagh dated 28.06.2021 and 30.06.2021, he filed two different applications on 29.06.2021 and 02.07.2021 respectively. Both the said applications were received by the Public Information Officer cum District Sub-Registrar and they were replied on 23.07.2021 whereby the information sought by the informant was denied by saying that the information sought for, does not come under the purview of Right to Information Act, 2005. The informant being aggrieved by the denial of providing the CCTV footage, preferred a First Appeal before the First Appellate Authority i.e., the Additional Collector, Hazaribag
The judgment emphasizes the protection of public officials under Section 197 of Cr.P.C. and the need for judicial application of mind in passing orders under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C.
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