JETHA RAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS criminal misc. petition under section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the petitioner with a prayer for quashing the FIR No. 77/2014 dated 01.08.2014 of Police Station, Sandwa, District Churu for the offences punishable under sections 379 and 427 IPC.

(2.) BRIEF facts of the case are that respondent No. 2 Sugan Chand, Patwari of area concerned has lodged a complaint under the directions of the Tehsildar Bidasar while alleging that there is a tree of Khejri (Prosopis Cineraria) in village Berasar and the accused persons cut its branches and took them away. On the basis of the said report, the police has registered the FIR No. 77/2014, contents of which are as follows:

(3.) LEARNED Public Prosecutor has opposed the prayer of the learned counsel for the petitioner for quashing the FIR and argued that from bare reading of the contents of the FIR, a prima facie case is made out against the petitioners, therefore, no case for quashing the FIR is made out.