RANCHI, India, Sept. 18 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on aUG. 19:

1. The petitioner in this writ petition has prayed for issuance of an appropriate writ(s)/order(s)/direction(s) quashing/setting aside the entire criminal proceeding in connection with Bariatu P.S. Case No. 189 of 2022 registered for offences punishable under sections 341, 323, 325, 307, 379 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the Court of Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi.

2. The prosecution case as per the First Information Report is that on 13.07.2022 at about 11.15 a.m. the informant Ravi Shankar Prasad was assaulted near Joda Talab Bariatu, Ranchi, while he had stopped his bike to attend nature's call. Suddenly, a Bolero, a white car, and a bike...