Pratibha Kumari v. the State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing of cognizance order on joint submission of settlement between parties; offences under Sections 406 and 420 IPC and Section 138 N.I. Act; Complaint Case No. 131 (C)/2017, J.M.-Ist Class, Patna; arising out of P.S. Case No. 131 of 2017, Patna Complaint Case; petitioners Pratibha Kumari, Shiv Shankar Das @ Shiv Shankar Prasad and Uma Shankar Prasad; opposite parties The State of Bihar and Amrita Kumari; Criminal Miscellaneous No.42303 of 2024; Patna High Court; Justice Sandeep Kumar; decided 08-08-2024; advocates Aditya Kumar (petitioners), Arun Kumar Pandey (APP, State), Sanjeev Saran (opposite party no. 2).
What did the court decide?
Application allowed; order dated 18.05.2017 passed in Complaint Case No. 131(C)/2017 (taking cognizance under Sections 406 and 420 IPC and Section 138 N.I. Act) quashed. ¶21