The High Court of Meghalaya has quashed the FIR and the chargesheet filed against former Meghalaya Director General of Police Lajja Ram Bishnoi in a case pertaining to alleged misuse and tampering of a vehicle registration number. Bishnoi had filed a criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 praying that the FIR registered with the Sadar police station be set aside and quashed.
In its judgement and order passed on Tuesday, the single bench court of Justice Biswadeep Bhattacharjee said the brief fact of the case is that former police official Gabriel K Iangrai lodged an FIR with the Sadar police station against Bishnoi on May 9, 2024, alleging misuse and tampering of registration number of the vehicle in the use of the petitioner in the capacity of the DGP.
The FIR alleged commission of offence of criminal conspiracy and criminal breach of trust as well as forgery and cheating committed by the petitioner. The court said the FIR was registered under Section 409, 467, 471, 120B IPC read with Section 192 MV Act and the matter was investigated. A charge-sheet, dated 19-09-2024 and under Section 192 MV Act, was also submitted.
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