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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
HASMUKH D. SUTHAR, J
RAJESH THANAJI SONI – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF GUJARAT – Respondent
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| 1. quashing of fir based on lack of evidence. (Para 1 , 4) |
| 2. alleged misleading posts and their implications. (Para 3 , 5) |
| 3. importance of preliminary inquiries prior to fir registrations. (Para 6 , 7) |
ORAL ORDER
1) By way of present petition, the petitioner has prayed for quashing of FIR being C. R. No. 11201018250021 of 2025 registered with CID Cyber Crime Police Station, Dist. Gandhinagar, for the offence under Sections 152 and 353(1)(a) of the BNS and other consequential proceedings, if any, arising therefrom.
2) Heard Mr. Hriday Buch, learned counsel assisted by Mr. Dhruvik Patel, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Rohan Shah, ld. APP for the respondent State.
3) It is the case of the prosecution that while Police Inspector of Cyber Crime Cell, monitoring various social media platforms, he came across a Facebook page under the name “Rajesh Soni – Delegate AICC – General Secretary, Gujarat Congress, which according to the complainant, was found to have published multiple posts that were allegedly misleading and anti-social. It is further alleged that, one of the posts questioned the credibility and commitment of the Indian Army during a military operation ti
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