IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY
Ram Binod Choudhary – Appellant
Versus
State Of Jharkhand – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY, J.
Heard the parties.
2. This Criminal Miscellaneous Petition has been filed invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 of the Code of CriminalProcedure, 1973 with the prayer to quash the entire criminal proceeding including the First Information Report (F.I.R.) registered as Sukhdeo Nagar (Pandra O.P.) P.S. Case No.459 of 2020 for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 420, 120B, 506 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. The allegation against the petitioners is that the petitioner No.1 being the Chairman, petitioner No.2 being the then Chief Executive Officer and the petitioner No.3 being the present Chief Executive Officer of Mithila Grih Nirman Swablambi Sahkari Samiti Ltd. registered under the Bihar and Orissa Co-operative Societies Act, VI of 1935, sold two pieces of land to the informant on behalf of the said society; one measuring five (5) decimals and the other measuring 3.5 decimals. The undisputed fact remains that consequent upon the sale of the land, correction slip in respect of the land, has also been made in the revenue records, the copy of which has been kept at page-48 of the brief which is also the part of the F.I.R. It is
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