Nilam Kumari v. The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Health Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.443 of 2023, decided 07-01-2025 by Bibek Chaudhuri, J. Petitioner Nilam Kumari (retired ANM) sought quashing of FIR, Jagdishpur P.S. Case No.390 of 2021 dated 26.11.2021, Sections 341, 323, 353, 504/34 IPC, lodged by Dr. Ashutosh Kumar, Incharge Medical Officer, PHC Jagdishpur, allegedly in retaliation over pension/gratuity grievance. Charge sheet filed 14.05.2022 after investigation; FIR alone cannot be quashed post charge-sheet; writ petition dismissed as misconceived. Keywords: quashing of FIR, charge sheet, IPC 341/323/353/504 r/w 34, ANM pension dispute, Bhagalpur, Jagdishpur.
What did the court decide?
Where a charge sheet has been filed against the petitioner after due investigation instituted on the basis of the F.I.R., the F.I.R. alone cannot be quashed as prayed for in the writ petition.