This order rejects the quashing of proceedings under s. 482 Cr.P.C. as it involves disputed facts. The court grants the applicant permission to file a discharge application in the lower court within one month and prohibits coercive measures for four months.
Permission granted to move discharge application; no coercive measures during four months.
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Court No. - 48
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 24378 of 2018
Applicant :- Chote Singh Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Brajesh Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Karuna Nand Bajpayee,J.
This application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed seeking the quashing the summoning order dated 26.05.2018 as well as the entire proceedings arising out of Complaint Case No.1030 of 2018, u/s 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B I.P.C., (Ram Prasad vs. Hari Singh and others), P.S. Kotwali, District Bijnor.
Power filed by Shri Shakil Ahmad on behalf of opposite party no.2 is taken on record.
Heard applicant's counsel, learned counsel for opposite party no.2 as well as learned A.G.A. Perused the record.
All the contentions raised by the applicant's counsel relate to disputed questions of fact. The court has also been called upon to adjudge the testimonial worth of prosecution evidence and evaluate the same on the basis of various intricacies of factual details which have been touched upon by learned counsel. The veracity and credibility of material furnished on behalf of the prosecution has been questioned and false implication has been pleaded. In the process of invoking its inherent jurisdiction, this court cannot be persuaded to have a pre trial before the actual trial begins. The submissions made by the learned counsel call for adjudication on pure questions of fact which may be adequately adjudicated upon only by the trial court and while doing so even the submissions made on points of law can also be more appropriately gone into by the trial court in this case.
The quashing of the complaint can also be done only if it does not disclose any offence or if there is any legal bar which prohibits the proceedings on its basis. The Apex Court decisions in the case of R.P. Kapur Vs. State of Punjab AIR 1960 SC 866 and also in State of Haryana Vs. Bhajan Lal 1992 SCC(Cr.) 426 make the position of law in this regard clear.
In the absence of any of the grounds recognized by the Apex Court which might justify the quashing of complaint or the impugned proceedings, the prayer for quashing the same is refused as I do not see any abuse of the courts process either. The summoning court has been vested with sufficient powers to discharge the accused even before the stage to frame the charges comes, if for reasons to be recorded it considers the charge to be groundless.
As requested, the permission to appear before the concerned lower court within a month from today through the representing counsel and move an application claiming discharge is granted to the accused on behalf of whom this application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. has been moved. The concerned court shall after hearing the counsel decide the application on merits in accordance with law within a period which shall not exceed a period of four months from today.
No coercive measures shall be adopted against the accused, on behalf of whom this application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. has been moved, in the aforesaid period of four months or till disposal of the discharge application, whichever is earlier.
If the concerned court after hearing the counsel for the accused feels persuaded to have the view that the accused ought not to have been summoned and the charge is groundless it shall not abstain from discharging the accused only on the ground that the material available at the time of summoning was the same which is available on record at the time of hearing the discharge application u/s 245(2) Cr.P.C. On the other hand if the lower court even after hearing the counsel for accused holds the view that the accused has been rightly summoned and the material produced by the complainant does not indicate the charges to be groundless it shall make an order to that effect and proceed further in the matter in accordance with law and shall also be free to adopt such measures to procure the attendance of the accused as the law permits.
It is clarified that if this order is not availed by the accused within the stipulated period of time no application for extension of time shall be entertained.
With the above observations, this application stands disposed off. Order Date :- 25.7.2018 shiv
2 issues framed by the court
Whether an application under s. 482 Cr.P.C. can be allowed when the matter involves disputed questions of fact.
Whether the applicant is granted permission to move a discharge application in the lower court within a specified period.
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R.P. Kapur Vs. State of PunjabReferred¶9
R.P. Kapur Vs. State of Punjab AIR 1960 SC 866 · Who else cites this
State of Haryana Vs. Bhajan LalReferred¶9
State of Haryana Vs. Bhajan Lal 1992 SCC(Cr.) 426 · Who else cites this
3 provisions across 2 enactments
Chote Singh
State Of U.P.
Karuna Nand Bajpayee
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