Vandana Rawat and 3 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Home Lko. and Another
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Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) | Application u/s 482 CrPC No. 5071 of 2025 | Neutral citation 2025:AHC-LKO:41204 | Order date 18.07.2025 | Subhash Vidyarthi, J. | DISMISSED. Quashing refused of FIR No. 94 of 2023 (district Lucknow) proceedings, charge-sheet dated 24.01.2024 under IPC Ss. 406, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B, and cognizance/summoning order dated 02.12.2023 of the Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow. Allegations: co-accused Pawan Kumar Verma, in conspiracy with the applicants, obtained Rs. 6,00,000 from informant no. 2 on promise of employment and delivered forged documents. Ratio: separate acts within one transaction can sustain prosecutions under both S. 406 and S. 420; FIR-recorded conspiracy plus S. 120-B in the charge-sheet leave no ground for cancellation. Authorities cited in the application: (2024) 10 SCC 690 and a (1940) authority (name illegible in source) — both merely referred. Keywords: quashing, charge sheet, cognizance order, cheating, criminal breach of trust, forgery, criminal conspiracy, employment fraud, S. 482 CrPC.