IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.12830 of 2008 AWADHESH KUMAR SINHA, S/O LATE LALL BAHADUR SINGH, RESIDENT OF MAINPURA, P.S. PATLIPUTRA, DISTT-PATNA, ONE PARTNER, OUT OF THREE, OF M/S LALL AUTO TRADING COMPANY, KANKERBAGH MAIN ROAD, P.S. KANKERBAGH, DISTT- PATNA. Versus 1. STATE OF BIHAR 2. M/S BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD (BPCL), REPRESENTED BY SRI S.N. SINGH S/O LATE CHANDRA SHEKHAR PRASAD SINGH, CONSTITUTED ATTORNEY OF BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD. AND TERRITORY MANAGER (RETAIL), BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD., PATNA HAVING IT’S CORPORATE OFFICE AT BHARAT BHAWAN, 4 & 6 CURRIMBHOY ROAD, BALLARD ESTATE, MUMBAI -400 001 AND, REGISTERED OFFICE AT BHARAT BHAWAN, PLOT NO.31, KIT SCHEME NO.118 (NEAR –DOORDARSHAN KENDRA), PRINCE GOLAM MOHAMMAD SHAH ROAD, KOLKATA -700095, AND TERRITORY OFFICE AT PATNA TOP, AT & P.O.-PAKRI, VIA- ANISHABAD,PATNA-2, TOWN/DISTT-PATNA. ----------- For the Petitioner : None For the State : Mrs. Indu Bala Pandey, A.P.P. ----- 2. 21.6.2010. No one appears on behalf of the petitioner. The sole petitioner, while invoking inherent jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, has prayed for quashing of the order dated 21.7.2007 passed by Shri B.P. Pandey, Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Patna in Complaint Case No.3176(C) of 2005. By the said order, the learned Magistrate has taken cognizance of offences under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468/34 of the Indian Penal Code. 2 N.H./ From the record, it appears that complaint petition was filed on behalf of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. On perusal of the materials available on record as well as the order of cognizance, I do not find any defect in the order of cognizance. I do not find any merit in the present petition and, accordingly, this petition stands rejected. It is made clear that in this case, cognizance order was passed long back in the month of July,2007. ( Rakesh Kumar,J.)