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Repeat Offender Case File Goes Missing From Rajasthan High Court
A court file about a financial-fraud case disappeared from the Rajasthan High Court’s records office.
The file belongs to Gyan Chand Agarwal and two other accused people.
They want the high court to cancel the case against them.
The case includes accusations such as cheating, forgery and conspiracy.
The records were reported missing on April 10.
The high court asked its judicial registrar to investigate, but the report was described as unsatisfactory in a later petition.
The Supreme Court did not stop the high court case.
It said the people involved could ask for an earlier hearing or request that the records be searched for.
A case file involving Gyan Chand Agarwal and two other accused was reported missing from the Rajasthan High Court Registry.
The records concerned petitions seeking to quash a 2023 financial-fraud case registered by the Special Operations Group.
The accused face allegations of cheating, criminal breach of trust, forgery and criminal conspiracy.
The Supreme Court dismissed the special leave petition and did not interfere with proceedings before the Rajasthan High Court.
The Supreme Court said the petitioner could seek an early hearing or ask the registrar general to locate and place the records before the high court.
- Who
- Gyan Chand Agarwal and two other accused, the Rajasthan High Court, and the Supreme Court of India are involved.
- What
- A case file connected to petitions seeking to quash a financial-fraud case was reported missing from the Rajasthan High Court Registry.
- Where
- The records were reported missing from the Criminal Branch of the Rajasthan High Court Registry in Jaipur.
- When
- The records were found missing on April 10; the Supreme Court heard the matter on August 10, and the report was published on August 28.
- Why
- The accused had approached the Rajasthan High Court to seek quashing of a case arising from a 2023 FIR.
Key facts
- Accused
- Gyan Chand Agarwal and two other accused
- Underlying case
- A 2023 FIR registered by the Special Operations Group
- Allegations
- Cheating, criminal breach of trust, forgery and criminal conspiracy
- Missing records
- The quashing-petition records were reported missing on April 10
- High court response
- The registrar (judicial) was directed to submit a detailed report
- Supreme Court action
- The special leave petition was dismissed, without interfering in the high court proceedings
- Available remedy
- The petitioner may seek an early hearing or ask the registrar general to search for and place the records before the high court
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