4. The complainant confronted the accused about their criminal acts, on which the accused threatened the complainant of dire consequences in presence of witnesses Uma, Shankar Sahu, Vishnu Sahu and other labourers. On the basis of this report, an FIR No. 590 of 2019 came to be registered at P.S. Sarkanda, District Bilaspur for the offences punishable under Sections 447, 427, 294, 506 read with Section 34 of the IPC. Upon conclusion of investigation, the Investigating Officer, proceeded to file a charge sheet for the offences punishable under Sections 447, 427, 294, 506 read with Section 34 of the IPC against the accused persons showing them to be absconding. 5. The co-accused-Saurabh Pratap Singh Thakur and appellant- Shivendra Pratap Singh Thakur @ Banti initially filed a writ petition being WPCR No. 10 of 2020 seeking quashing of the aforesaid FIR and the criminal case registered in pursuance thereof. The said writ petition was, however, not pressed with liberty to take recourse 3to