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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY
Mamta Devi, wife of Sanjay Kumar Singh, daughter of Dilip Kumar Singh – 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 528 of the BNSS, 2023 with the prayer to quash and set aside the order dated 26.06.2024 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge-IV, Bokaro in Criminal Revision No.133 of 2023 whereby and where under the learned Additional Sessions Judge-IV, Bokaro has allowed the criminal revision and allowed the petition filed by the opposite party no.2 under Section 245 of Cr.P.C. for discharging from the case and acquitted the opposite party and discharged the opposite party no.2 in Complaint Case No.96 of 2019.
3. The brief facts of the case is that the petitioner filed Complaint Case No.96 of 2019 in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bokaro and the learned Judicial Magistrate to which Court the case was transferred, on the basis of the complaint, statement on solemn affirmation and the statement of the enquiry witnesses found prima facie case for the offence punishable under Section 498A & 323 of the Indian Penal Code inter alia against the opposite party no.2 who is the husband of the petitioner as well as Dev Nandan
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