Srinagar, May 19 -- Srinagar- Observing that criminal law cannot be permitted to be used as an instrument of harassment or for settling internal institutional disputes, the High Court of J&K and Ladakh has quashed an FIR registered against former cricketer over allegations of submitting a fake date of birth certificate to secure registration for the Ranji Trophy.

A bench of Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal made the observations and passed the order while allowing a petition filed by the cricketer, Majid Yaqoob Dar, seeking quashment of FIR No. 26/2023 registered by the Crime Branch, Kashmir.

As per details submitted before the court, the FIR originated from a complaint filed in 2020 by the then Chief Executive Officer of Jammu and Kashmir Cri...