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HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN (JAIPUR BENCH)
ANAND SHARMA
Vinay Suren D/o Late Hans D. Roy – Appellant
Versus
S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Petition No. 1962 of 2010 – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ANAND SHARMA, J.
1. By way of filing this criminal misc. petition, the petitioner has prayed for quashing FIR No. 25/2007 registered at Police Station Sodala, District Jaipur for commission of offence punishable under Section 304 -A of the Indian Penal Code; order dated 16.10.2008 passed by the Court of Additional Civil Judge (JD) & Judicial Magistrate, First Class, No. 16, Jaipur City, Jaipur (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the trial court’), whereby, file of the case/negative final report was returned for filing of challan; cognizance order dated 20.10.2008, order dated 15.06.2009 passed by the trial court whereby charges for commission of offences under -A and 420 IPC were framed against the petitioner and order dated 28.06.2010 passed by the Court of Additional Sessions Judge No. 8, Jaipur City, Jaipur (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the revisional court’) whereby revision petition filed by the petitioner was dismissed.
2. It is stated that FIR No. 25/2007 was lodged by Respondent No. 2-complainant, Dinesh Mehta alleging therein that his daughter-in-law, Smt. Sonal Mehta, who had conceived, was undergoing treatment under supervision of the petitioner and continued to
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