(1.) Leave granted.
(2.) The Appellant is aggrieved by the High Court of Judicature at Patna's refusal in exercising its inherent powers under Sec. 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [Hereinafter referred to as 'CrPC] in terms of judgment and order dtd. 9/5/2025[Impugned judgement] passed in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 62048 of 2023, wherein the prayer was to quash and order taking cognizance dtd. 1/6/2022 passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sahasra in connection with Sahasra Sadar P.S Case No. 112 of 2005 dtd. 24/4/2005.
(3.) As can be seen, the genesis of this case is over twenty years old. It is necessary to recapitulate past events in order to appreciate the context in which the impugned judgement is under challenge before us.