New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- The Delhi High Court on Tuesday quashed the FIR lodged against Hemkunt Foundation over alleged misuse of funds collected to help Covid 19 patients. It was alleged that the foundation had created a fixed deposit and transferred Rs. 38 crore to a health firm to purchase land.

An FIR was lodged by the Special Cell of Delhi Police in 2022. The High Court said that the allegations in the FIR and the material collected during investigation do not disclose cheating and criminal breach of trust.

Justice Saurabh Banerjee quashed that FIR and the proceedings connected with it.

"Once the allegations contained in the FIR and the materials collected during investigation thereafter, do not disclose the essential ingredients of...