IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.21408 of 2009 Binod Singh son of Late Ram Briksha Singh R/o village- Nonai, P.S.-Akbarpur, District- Nawadah …Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar & 2. Jai Krishna Ravidas, son of not known, Sub-Inspector of Akbarpur Police Station, District- Nawadah …Opposite Parties ----------- 2/ 01.07.2011 Heard the parties. The petitioner has prayed for quashing of the entire proceeding of Akbarpur P.S. Case No.67 of 2008 including the order dated 19.5.2009 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawadah, by which he has taken cognizance under sections 379 and 414/34 Indian Penal Code and section ¾ of the Environment Act. The prosecution case is that the S.I. of Akbarpur Police Station received information from the SDPO, Rajauli, to reach the place of occurrence and when he reached there he found senior police officials there and two logs of fifteen quintals coal being burnt which was dangerous to the environment. It was learnt that the petitioner had stolen the said coal and was burning it and when he learnt about it he tried to extinguish it with the help of other villagers and ran away from there. From the First Information Report, I find that apart from suspicion that the coal had been brought by the petitioner there is absolutely no material to connect him with the present occurrence. Accordingly, entire proceeding of Akbarpur P.S. Case No.67 of 2008 including the order dated 19.5.2009 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawadah, by which he has taken 2 cognizance under sections 379 and 414/34 Indian Penal Code and section ¾ of the Environment Act is hereby quashed. In the result, the application is allowed. JA/- (Anjana Prakash,J.)