1 2025:CGHC:43898-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRMP No. 630 of 2022 Pawan Kumar Soni @ Sonu S/o Late Shri Baburam Soni, Aged About 31 Years Occupation Business, R/o Village Damodarpur, P.S. Motiragpur, District Sultanpur (U.P.) At Present R/o Baraunsa, P.S. Jaysinghpur, District Sultanpur (U.P.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through- Station House Officer, P.S. - Kotara Road, District - Raigarh (C.G.) 2 - Sundar Lal Rathiya S/o Shri Mohar Singh Rathiya, Aged About 55 Years R/o House No. 40, Deepapara, Uchbhiti, Raigarh District - Raigarh (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Vivek Kumar Agrawal, Advocate. For Respondent No. 1/State : Mr. Sangharsh Pandey, Government Advocate. For Respondent No. 2 : Mr. M.K.Sinha, Advocate. Hon’ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon’ble Mr. Bibhu Datta Guru, Judge Order on Board Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice 29/08/2025 1 Heard Mr. Vivek Kumar Agrawal, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. Sangharsh Pandey, Government Advocate for the State/respondent No. 1 as well as Mr. M.K.Sinha, learned counsel for the respondent No. 2. 2 2 By this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, the Cr.P.C.), the petitioner seeks quashing of Final Report No. 248/2021 including FIR in Crime No. 35/2020 and its consequential proceedings being Criminal Case No. 1440/2021 pending before the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Raigarh, District Raipur, for an offence punishable under Sections 420, 120-B read with Section 34, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code. 3 Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the complainant/respondent No. 2 namely Sunder Lal Rathiya lodged a complaint against five persons namely Devendra Verma, Ankit Chouhan, Vikram Bajaj, Neha Verma and Rudra Pratap Singh alleging that they have committed fraud and have cheated him to the tune of Rs. 41 Lacs on the pretext of providing insurance amount which was insured by him through Max Life Insurance Corporation Ltd. They persons named in the FIR are the employees of the said insurance company. 4 At the outset, Mr. Vivek Kumar Agrawal, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as the trial of the case has commenced and substantial progress has been made, he may be permitted to withdraw this petition with liberty to take recourse to law, if occasion so arises. 5 Learned counsel for other side have no objection. 6 In view of the above, this petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to take recourse to law before the appropriate forum, if occasion arises in future. Sd/- Sd/- (Bibhu Datta Guru) (Ramesh Sinha) JUDGE CHIEF JUSTICE Amit AMIT KUMAR DUBEY Digitally signed by AMIT KUMAR DUBEY Date: 2025.08.29 19:24:01 +0530