RANCHI, India, Jan. 24 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Dec. 23:

1. Heard the parties.

2. Though notice has validly been served upon the opposite party No.2 yet no one turns up on behalf of the opposite party No.2 in spite of repeated calls.

3. This Criminal Miscellaneous Petition has been filed invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure with the prayer to quash the entire criminal proceeding along with the First Information Report in connection with Madhuban P.S. Case No. 68 of 2022 on the ground that the same is the second First Information Report in respect of which Madhuban P.S. Case No. 66 of 2022 has been registered.

4. The brief fact of the case is that the ...