The Meghalaya High Court has quashed the FIR and charge sheet against 1991-batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IPS officer Dr. Lajja Ram Bishnoi, ruling that the charges lacked legal merit.
The case stemmed from an FIR filed on May 9, 2024, by suspended police officer Gabriel K. Langrai, who accused Bishnoi of misusing and tampering with the registration number of his official vehicle. The FIR included charges under Sections 409 (criminal breach of trust), 467 (forgery), 471 (using forged documents), and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC, along with Section 192 of the Motor Vehicles Act.
With this ruling, the High Court has effectively dismissed the case, providing relief to the former top police official. Officer Bishnoi took over as Meghalaya DGP in May, 2022.
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