Patna HC quashes extortion case against former Bihar Cricket Association president Rakesh Tiwary

Patna, Oct 16 (UNI) The Patna High Court has quashed criminal proceedings, including a cognizance order, against former Bihar Cricket Association president Rakesh Kumar Tiwary in an alleged extortion case, holding that the proceedings suffered from legal infirmities and amounted to an abuse of the process of law. In a judgment delivered yesterday, Justice Soni Shrivastava set aside the May 5, 2025, order of a Judicial Magistrate First Class in Patna taking cognizance of an alleged offence under Section 384 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and summoning Tiwary. The case arose from a complaint filed by Sheela Tiwary alleging…