Supreme Court of India

The State of Odisha v. Nirjharini Patnaik @ Mohanty & Anr.

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Bench Vikram Nath and Prashant Kumar Mishra JJ.
Decided 26 April 2024

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Issue for Consideration Chargesheet was filed against the Respondents in an FIR filed alleging a widespread conspiracy involving forgery of documents to facilitate the illegal transfer of valuable government land to private entities. SDJM, Bhubaneshwar passed an order of cognizance of offence u/s 420,467,468,471,477( ),120B and 34 IPC and issue of process against the Respondents. Whether the High Court was justified in quashing the order taking cognizance against the Respondents.

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