IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.44203 of 2007 JASJIT SINGH PURI, SON OF LATE MEHAR SINGH PURI, RESIDENT OF D-5 PUSPANJALI ENCLAVE, PITAMPURA, P.S.- MANGOLEPURI, NEW DELHI-34. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. RAJ VIMAL KRISHNA, SON OF LATE RAI UDAY KRISHNA, RESIDENT OF ANAND BAGH, P.S.- KHAJEKALAH, PATNA CITY, DISTT.- PATNA. ----------- 3 16.02.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. No body appears on behalf of opposite party no. 2 in spite of service of notice. Petitioner is aggrieved by the order taking cognizance dated 24.3.2001 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Patna in Complaint Case no. 226(C) of 2001. It appears that the complainant lodged as many as 20 complaints relating to different transactions against the present petitioner alleging identical allegations but for different lands. Learned counsel for the petitioner handed in an order dated 25.11.2009 passed in a batch of criminal miscellaneous proceedings, the first being Cr. Misc. No. 44101 of 2007 (Jasjit Singh Puri versus State of Bihar & Anr), the copy of the said order is placed on record marked “X”. It is submitted that the aforesaid order was passed after hearing both the sides. Learned counsel placed the entire order dated 25.11.2009 and submitted that the present proceeding is also governed by the said order. In fact the learned Single Judge while allowing those batch of quashing applications observed as under in the concluding part of the order: “Before parting with, it must be made clear that the 2 aforesaid amount of Rs. 17,31,000/- paid by the petitioner is the total amount for the twenty cases filed by opposite party no. 2, out of which these nine cases are being disposed of by this Court and rest of eleven them are said to be pending before other Benches, which too have been agreed by the parties to be disposed of in the same terms.” In view of the reasons assigned in the said order, and the observations noted hereinabove, the present application also deserves to be allowed and is allowed. Consequently, the order taking cognizance dated 24.3.2001 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Patna in Complaint Case no. 226(C) of 2001 stands quashed. pkj ( Kishore K. Mandal, J. )