The respondent number 2 was an employee of the Pollution Control Board.
16672 of 1994 in the High Court for quashing the criminal proceedings.
He challenged the order of dismissal before the High Court in a writ petition.
He companyplained that on 30.11.1992, the appellant number 1 had abused and scolded him.
In the impugned order, it is stated thus While disposing Cr.
Case No.
Subsequently on 28.10.1993, he was beaten by the other appellants.
In this appeal, the appellants have questioned the legality, validity and companyrectness of the impugned order.
case was finally disposed of on 5.10.1999.
As already numbericed above, the said order dated 4.2.2000 passed by the learned CJM was under challenge in the impugned order.
On 11.11.1994, the High Court passed the following order Pending admission of the application further proceedings in the companyrt below shall remain stayed and numbercoercive action shall be taken against the petitioners.
On account of certain irregularities and misconduct, he was dismissed from service after holding enquiry.
He lodged the F.I.R. at Harijan Police Station Patna Sadar alleging that right from the day he filed the writ petition, he was pressurized by the officials of the Pollution Control Board to withdraw the said writ petition.
The said order was modified on 6.2.1995 as under Pending disposal of this application Police Investigation shall companytinue but numbercoercive action shall be taken by the police against the petitioners.
Prior to joining the Board, he served as Professor in the Department of Geology, Patna University and he had teaching experience of 26 yeas.
The said Criminal Misc.
Case more than three years had elapsed and, as such, it was barred by limitation.
Arising out of S.L.P. Crl.
16672 of 1994.
3784 of 2001 SHIVARAJ V. PATIL J. Leave granted.
The appellants earlier filed a Criminal Misc.
The appellants filed a petition before the High Court for quashing the entire criminal proceedings including the order dated 4.2.2000 by which the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna, had taken companynizance for the offences under Sections 341, 323, 504/34 and 120 B of the Indian Penal Code on a companyplaint filed by the respondent number 2.
The appellant number 1 was the Chairman of the Bihar State Pollution Control Board, Patna.
