IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY
Anil 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 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 with the prayer to quash the entire criminal proceeding including the order dated 26.02.2020 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate-1st Class, Bokaro in connection with Bokaro Steel City P.S. Case No.245 of 2018 corresponding to G.R. Case No.86 of 2019 whereby and where under the learned Judicial Magistrate-1st Class, Bokaro took cognizance of the offence punishable under Section 304A of the Indian Penal Code basing upon the charge-sheet submitted by the police after investigation of the case.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that this is the second journey of the petitioner with the self-same prayer as earlier the petitioner filed Cr.M.P. No.4026 of 2019. It is next submitted that a co- ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 15.01.2020 in the said Cr.M.P. No.4026 of 2019 was of the view that since the materials against the petitioner in the order impugned has not been mentioned so, it set aside the impugned order and remitted the matter to the Magistrate co
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