Chhattisgarh HC quashes three FIRs against former ADGP
Hindustan TimesThe Chhattisgarh high court has quashed three first information report filed against formera additional director general of police GP Singh, deeming the charges filed under the previous Congress-led government as “malicious.” The division bench, comprising chief justice Ramesh Sinha and justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, delivered the ruling. The division bench, comprising chief justice Ramesh Sinha and justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, delivered the ruling on Wednesday. Following the raids, Singh was suspended on July 5,2021 and Raipur police registered additional charges, accusing him of sedition and promoting enmity based on materials recovered during the searches. Chhattisgarh advocate general Prafull Bharat confirmed the high court’s decision to quash the FIRs, a development hailed by Singh’s legal team, who maintained that the charges were baseless.