Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), Dec. 11 -- : Allahabad High Court has dismissed a plea seeking quashing of FIR in a land case and asked the petitioner to deposit Rs five lakh for deliberate concealment of facts.

The petition was filed by Mahesh Chand Sharma to quash the FIR under Sections 188, 288, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC, Section 26 of the U.P. Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973 (Amendment, 1997), Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of the Damage to Public Property Act, 1984 and Section 7 of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013, at the Police Station Bisrakh, District Gautam Budha Nagar.

The matter pertains to land situated in village Shahberi, Gautam Budh Nagar, in which land was purchased by a firm Suraj Associates in which Sharma was...