P&H: Quashes FIR Against Sarpanch, Says Complaint Under Panchayati Raj Act Is the Proper Route
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a former Sarpanch under Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code, along with the consequential proceedings. Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi held that an FIR was not maintainable for the alleged failure to produce records of the Sarpanch’s tenure.
The petitioner, Gurmeet Singh, had approached the Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, seeking to quash FIR No. 296, registered in 2016 at Nissing police station in Karnal district. The allegation was that he had not produced records relating to his tenure before the Block Development...
