IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr.M.P. No. 3360 of 2024 ------ Rohit Kumar Singh @ Rohit Kumar, S/o Chandrika Prasad Singh, R/o South Ghatka, PO & PS: South Asansol, District: Burdwan, West Bengal … …. … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... ....Opposite Party ------ CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Pratyush, Advocate For the State : Mr. P.K. Chatterjee, SPP ------ Order No.02/Dated: 06.01.2025 1. The present criminal miscellaneous petition has been filed on behalf of petitioner for quashing of the entire criminal proceedings including the order dated 29.6.2024, whereby and whereunder, the learned jurisdictional court has taken cognizance of the offence under sections 395, 397, 170 and 171 IPC and under section 28 of the Arms Act in connection with Nirsa PS Case No. 289 of 2023. 2. Assailing the impugned order, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it is a case of recovery of arms. He has further submitted that during course of investigation itself it was found that the recovered pistol was not genuine one rather a toy pistol. The charge-sheet has been submitted and also cognizance of the offence has been taken by the learned jurisdictional court. He has also submitted that except confessional statement of petitioner and other co-accused persons, there is no legal evidence against the petitioner for further proceeding in this case and, therefore, entire FIR and charge-sheet is fit to be quashed. 3. The learned counsel for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer and submitted that petitioner is named accused in the FIR and he was arrested by the police on the spot. He has further submitted that after finding sufficient material, charge-sheet has been submitted and cognizance of the offence has been taken by the learned Magistrate. Hence, this petition is fit to be dismissed. 4. Perused the case record along with FIR, charge-sheet and cognizance order passed by the learned court below. 5. As per FIR lodged by the one Pramod Kumar Paswan in the night of -2- 21.8.2023 the informant and driver of the Truck No. BR-44G-9821 along with his helper Jitendra Shah left for Arah from Kolkata and on 22.8.2023 at about 1:30 p.m. two vehicles overtook his truck and altogether seven persons came out of the said vehicles equipped with gun, knives and sticks and held them. On the gunpoint and knifepoint they snatched Rs. 4000/- from him along with document of the truck and driving license of the driver. Those persons declared that they were from IB and they demanded Rs. 50,000/- as rangdari but the owner of the truck transferred Rs. 5,000/- in the mobile number of one Tushar Prit Burnwal. It is further alleged that on seeing a patrolling car of Nirsa Police Station, the accused persons tried to flee but were apprehended and, hence, Nirsa PS case no. 289 of 2023 was registered. 6. It appears that the petitioner is named accused in the FIR registered for the offence under sections 395 and 397 IPC and under section 28 of the Arms Act. Perusal of seizure list transpires that the recovered pistol was a toy pistol. It further appears that in course of investigation several materials have been collected against the petitioner showing his involvement in the case and cognizance has also been taken by the learned Magistrate for the offence under sections 395, 397 170 and 171 IPC and section 28 of the Arms Act. 7. Considering the aforesaid facts, I do not find any merit in the present miscellaneous petition and, therefore, it is dismissed. (Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, J.) KNR/