HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
MR. JUSTICE TARLOK SINGH CHAUHAN, MR. JUSTICE SATYEN VAIDYA, JJ
RANJEET KUMAR – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petitioner's request for relief. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. background on firs related to police recruitment exam. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. court's directive for respondent's response. (Para 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 4. arguments against the legality of subsequent fir. (Para 8 , 9) |
| 5. analysis of competing firs. (Para 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 6. legal standards governing police arrest and fir registration. (Para 18 , 19 , 20 , 22 , 23) |
| 7. final judgement and dismissal of petition. (Para 25 , 26) |
JUDGMENT
By way of instant petition, the petitioner has prayed for following substantive reliefs:-
"i. That the action of the respondent authorities arresting the petitioner in FIR No.5 of 2022 registered at arresting the petitioner in FIR No.5 of 2022 registered at Police Station Bharari, Shimla under sections 419, 420, 201 and 120-B of Indian Penal Code may kindly be quashed and set aside and be declared illegal and unlawful.
ii. That the FIR No.5 of 2022 registered at Police Station Bharari, Shimla under sections 419, 420, 201 and 120-B of Indian Penal Code may kindly be quashed and set aside qua the present petitioner or in alternate the FIR’s registered at various police station regarding the leak question paper in Po
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