Supreme Court of India
Parag Kishore Satoskar v. State of Jharkhand
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What the Court ordered
In the result, both the appeals are allowed. The common judgment and order dated 19.02.2025 passed by the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi in W.P. (Cr.) No. 1041 of 2024 and W.P. (Cr.) No. 1042 of 2024 is set aside. The first information report registered as Kotwali P.S. Case No. 323 of 2024 at Police Station Ranchi Kotwali, District Ranchi, for the offences punishable under Sections 316(2), 318(4) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and all proceedings arising therefrom, stand quashed.
Judgment, 24
In brief
The informant, sole proprietor of a camphor wholesale firm at Ranchi, was offered the Jharkhand distributorship of 'Saraswati' camphor by Oriental Aromatics Limited for the period 01.04.2024 to 01.04.2027, on terms requiring payment of Rs. 20,00,000 over three years against gifts and benefits. He paid Rs. 52,000 as token money, signed the written agreement dated 29.03.2024, and remitted Rs. 73,00,000 as advance in six instalments between 04.04.2024 and 26.06.2024, against which goods worth Rs.…
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