Akram Raja v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; CRMP No. 337 of 2020 and CRMP No. 2332 of 2019; petitioners Akram Raja, Shakir Ansari, Arshad Ansari, Ayaz Ansari, Shakila Bano; respondents State of Chhattisgarh (SP Ambikapur), SHO PS Lundra, Sahina Khatun; prayer to quash FIR in Crime No. 0089 of 2019 of Police Station Lundra, District Surguja (C.G.) and subsequent investigation; withdrawal sought after filing of chargesheet and framing of charge by trial Court; liberty to challenge charge-sheet and order framing charges; State counsel no objection; petitions dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to take recourse to law before appropriate forum; counsel: Wasim Miyan (petitioners), Sakib Ahmed (State); bench Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice (author) with Bibhu Datta Guru, Judge; decided 15.09.2025.
What did the court decide?
Petitions permitted to be withdrawn and dismissed as such, with liberty to the petitioners to take recourse to law before the appropriate forum, if so advised (counsel having sought liberty to challenge the charge-sheet and the order framing charges).