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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY
Aman Srivastava @ Aman Shrivastava S/o Late Sushil Srivastava – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY, J.
1. Heard the parties.
2. This Criminal Miscellaneous Petition has been filed invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 528 of the B.N.S.S., 2023 with a prayer to quash the entire criminal proceeding in connection with Patratu Bhurkunda P.S. Case No.23 of 2024 corresponding to G.R. Case No.631 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 341, 384, 385, 387 & 34 of the Indian Penal Code and the said case is now pending before the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Ramgarh.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the opposite party No.2 jointly draw the attention of this Court towards Interlocutory Application No.1323 of 2026 which is supported by the separate affidavits of the opposite party No.2/informant and the petitioner wherein it has categorically been mentioned that a compromise has been entered into between the petitioner and the opposite party No.2. It is next submitted that the present case arose out of a personal dispute between the parties and both the parties have amicably arrived at a settlement on their free-will and decided not to proceed with the aforesaid case. It is next
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