SHILLONG: The High Court of Meghalaya has quashed an FIR relating to a theft case. The Chief Justice of Meghalaya, Ajay Kumar Mittal in the order said, “Keeping in view of the guidelines, as laid down by the Apex Court in Narinder Singh’s case (supra) and examining the facts of the present case, I am of the opinion that it is fit for quashing the FIR. Accordingly, FIR No.5 under Section 380 IPC dated 09.01.2017 registered by Sadar Police Station, Shillong (Annexure-I) and all consequential proceedings are hereby quashed.”
Bablu Burman residing as a tenant in the residence of Aju Roy Choudhaury (Residence of Sujata decorator) at Bivar Road, Shillong reported a theft of cash case from his residence and filed a complaint at the Sadar Police Station against the accused Rupon Das. It was reported that on December 5, 2016, Rs 8000 was stolen and on January 8, 2017, Rs10,000 was stolen from the same place. The chief justice observed that the nature of offence in the case does not fall in the category of heinous crime. Moreover, as recorded in the statement on oath on Thursday, in the Court, the complainant has received the amount stolen.
It was stated that the complainant does not want to pursue the case. “Burman has compromised the dispute with the accused Rupon Das and subsequently received the missing amount of Rs 8000 and Rs10,000 from him”, the court said.
