Pancham Rai @ Pancham Prabhakar v. The State of Bihar through Home Secretary, Secretariat Patna
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court (Sandeep Kumar, J.) on 01-07-2025 dismissed Crl. WJC No. 209 of 2025 (arising out of Parsa Bazar P.S. Case No. 493/2024, Patna), refusing to quash three F.I.R.s against the petitioners — Parsa Bazar P.S. No. 493/2024 (BNS 2023: 318(4), 333(3), 338, 61(2)), Phulwari Sharif P.S. No. 1831/2024 (IPC: 447, 468, 471, 420, 34) and Parsa Bazar P.S. No. 565/2024 (BNS 2023: 127(1), 115(2), 308(3), 352, 351(2), 3(5)) — on the ground that investigation was continuing and the defence could not be examined at that stage; liberty reserved to challenge the cognizance order after charge sheet. Search terms: quashing of FIR, premature quashing, investigation stage, BNS 2023, IPC, false FIR, Circle Officer document, Patna.
What did the court decide?
None; the writ application was dismissed, with liberty reserved to the petitioners to challenge any future order taking cognizance if a charge sheet is submitted.