Pawan Kumar Agrawal Vs State of Chhattisgarh — Cheating and Forgery | Chhattisgarh HC (2026)

Pawan Kumar Agrawal Vs State of Chhattisgarh — Cheating and Forgery | Chhattisgarh HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file afresh; certified copies of documents annexed in the petition, if any, to be returned back to counsel for the petitioners after obtaining photocopy thereof, subject to deposit of the fine amount.

Issue for consideration

Whether FIR No. 87/2024 dated 06.06.2024 of Police Station Basantpur, District Balrampur-Ramanujganj (CG), and the charge-sheet dated 13.08.2025 / order taking cognizance in Criminal Case No. 592/2025 dated 09.10.2025, ought to be set aside / quashed. +1 more

Ratio / Principle

On perusal of the FIR, the Court found that it was lodged on the complaint of Ravel Kumar, who had not been arrayed as a party respondent; accordingly, the petition was defective.

Key takeaways

The petition was dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to file afresh, subject to the petitioners depositing Rs. 2,000/- as cost in the Registry of the Court, to be transmitted to the Government Home for Mentally Underdeveloped Children, Mana Camp, District Raipur (C.G.), for wasting the precious time of the Court.ratio¶29

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

CRMP No. 3855 of 2025, Pawan Kumar Agrawal & Anr. v. State of Chhattisgarh (High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, neutral citation 2026:CGHC:240-DB), decided 05.01.2026 by coram Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice and Arvind Kumar Verma, Judge; judgment per Ramesh Sinha, C.J. The petitioners sought quashing of FIR No. 87/2024 dated 06.06.2024 of Police Station Basantpur, District Balrampur-Ramanujganj (CG) (offence punishable under s. 420, 467, 468, 471 and 34 IPC, on written information of complainant Sitaram Agrawal and Others) and of the charge-sheet dated 13.08.2025, on which the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Wadraf-Nagar took cognizance, registering Criminal Case No. 592/2025 on 09.10.2025. On the State pointing out that the FIR was lodged by complainant Ravel Kumar, Patwari Halka No.04, on the order of the Court of Tahsildar, Wadrafnagar, and that he had not been arrayed as a party respondent, the Court found on perusal of the FIR that this was so, held the petition defective, and dismissed it as withdrawn with liberty to file afresh, subject to deposit of Rs. 2,000/- as cost in the Registry, to be transmitted to the Government Home for Mentally Underdeveloped Children, Mana Camp, District Raipur (CG); certified copies of annexures to be returned after photocopying, subject to deposit of fine.

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MANPREET KAUR

Digitally signed byMANPREET KAUR Date: 2026.01.05 16:57:14 +0530

NAFR

2026:CGHC:240-DB

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRMP No. 3855 of 2025

1 - Pawan Kumar Agrawal S/o Late Hariom Agrawal Aged About 37 Years R/o Basantpur, Police Station Basantpur, District- BalrampurRamanujganj (C.G.)

2 - Shravan Kumar Agrawal S/o Late Hariom Agrawal Aged About 30 Years R/o Basantpur, Police Station Basantpur, District- BalrampurRamanujganj (C.G.)

... Petitioner(s)

versus

State Of Chhattisgarh Through Police Station Basantpur, DistrictBalrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.)

... Respondent(s)

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Sushil Dubey, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Prasun Kumar Bhaduri, Dy. A.G.

Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Hon'ble Shri Arvind Kumar Verma , Judge

Judgment on Board

Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

05.01.2026

1. Heard Mr. Sushil Dubey, learned counsel, appearing for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. Prasun Kumar Bhaduri, learned Deputy

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Advocate General, appearing for the respondent / State.

2. The petitioners have filed this petition praying for following relief:-

“It is therefore prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to allow this Petition and set aside/Quash the impugned FIR No. 87/2024 dated 06.06.2024 by the police of Police Station - Basantpur District- Balrampur-Ramanujganj (CG) on the written information made by the complainant Sitaram Agrawal and Others for the offence punishable under s. 420, 467, 468 and 471 and 34 of IPC as well as the Charge- sheet dated 13.08.2025 which after completion of investigation the concerned police has submitted before the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Wadraf-Nagar, Balrampur (CG) and on the basis of which the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Wadraf-Nagar, Balrampur (CG) registered the case against the petitioner as Criminal Case No. 592/2025 on 09.10.2025 which is an order taking cognizance, in the interest of justice.”

3. Learned counsel for the respondent / State submits that the present petition is a defective one as the complainant of the case i.e. Ravel Kumar, Patwari Halka No.04 who lodged the FIR on the order of Court of Tahsildar, Wadrafnagar, has not been arrayed as party respondent in the case, to which, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the FIR has been registered by the State itself, i.e. Police Station- Basantpur, District- BasantpurRamanujganj and further, the same has been arrayed as the

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party-respondent.

4. Perusal of the FIR goes to show that the same was lodged on the complaint made by the complainant Ravel Kumar and he has not been arrayed as a party respondent.

5. In view of the same, learned counsel for the petitioners pray to withdraw the present petition with liberty to file afresh.

6. Accordingly, this petition is dismissed as withdrawn , with liberty to file petition afresh, subject to depositing a sum of Rs. 2,000/- as cost by the petitioners in the Registry of this Court and the same shall be transmitted to the Government Home for Mentally Underdeveloped Children, Mana Camp, District- Raipur (C.G.), for wasting the precious time of this Court.

7. Certified copy of the documents annexed in the petition, if any, may be returned back to the counsel for the petitioners after obtaining the photocopy of the same, subject to deposit of the fine amount.

Sd/- Sd/-

(Arvind Kumar Verma) (Ramesh Sinha ) Judge Chief Justice

Manpreet