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Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association & Anr. v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 13 S.C.R. 868
Bench A. K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan JJ.
Decided 2 November 2018

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What the Court ordered

We hold that FIR needs to be quashe d, order of cognizance would automatically stands vitiated.

Judgment, page 41

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 – Quashing of FIRs – In the instant case, lease of land was granted by the Gove rnment to the appellant no.1 for construction of world class cricket stadium – Additional land was allotted to appellant by Gram Panchayat – club house was constructed on the part of the infrastructur e of the allotted land – Another land was allotted for using commercially and a hotel was constructed on it – Appellant no1 w as initially registered as a society which was later converted t o a company – Two FIRs against appellants and some other persons alleging i llegal

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