Prem Ranjan Singh @ Prem Ranjan Sinha v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court quashing of FIR upon private settlement/mediation; Criminal Miscellaneous No.16968 of 2023 decided 04-07-2024 by Sandeep Kumar, J.; arises out of Kotwali P.S. Case No. 837 of 2019 (G.R. No. 7854 of 2019), District Patna; challenge to order taking cognizance dated 07.09.2020 by C.J.M., Patna; parties settled in mediation referred on 15.04.2024; FIRs of Kotwali P.S. Case No. 837 of 2019 and Kotwali P.S. Case No. 242 of 2014 (G.R. No. 2228 of 14) quashed against all accused persons; compromise/withdrawal recorded in mediation report; petitioners Prem Ranjan Singh @ Prem Ranjan Sinha, Meera Singh and Harshwardhan Singh @ Shivam; opposite party no. 2 Chitranjan Kumar Singh; no statute or precedent discussed.
What did the court decide?
Quashing of the F.I.R.s in Kotwali P.S. Case No. 837 of 2019 and Kotwali P.S. Case No. 242 of 2014 against all the accused persons, pursuant to the mediation settlement.