Deepankar Boro and 3 Ors. v. the State of Assam and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Gauhati High Court Criminal Petition Crl.Pet./251/2024 (neutral citation 2025:GAU-AS:7557; ref GAHC010045352024), Deepankar Boro, Bipin Chandra Boro, Khiroda Boro, Gitanjali Boro v. State of Assam and Monalisha Deori; decided 11.06.2025 by Justice Parthivjyoti Saikia. Keywords: quashing of FIR, withdrawal of criminal petition, charge-sheet filed during pendency, disposed of on withdrawal. Advocates: S. Hazarika, H. Buragohain (petitioners); K. K. Das (APP for State); S. Islam, R. Biswas, A. Choudhury (respondent No.2). No merits decided; no statutes or precedent cases cited.
What did the court decide?
Withdrawal of the Criminal Petition permitted ('The prayer is allowed'), enabling the petitioners to file a fresh Criminal Petition praying for quashing of the FIR. ¶26