Dismissed

Surendra Kumar v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and 3 Others

Allahabad HC6 May 2024/761/2024

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What is this about?

Special Judge, Ambedkar Nagar, rejected an application under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. filed by the appellant challenging police inaction regarding a caste-based assault. The High Court dismissed this criminal appeal, holding that the trial court correctly relied on the police report where medical evidence did not support the appellant's account of the incident.

What did the court decide?

Appeal dismissed; costs made easy to appellant.

Surendra Kumar Vs State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home… — Caste Atrocities | Allahabad HC (2024)

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Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC-LKO:34753

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Court No. - 13

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Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 761 of 2024 Appellant :- Surendra Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Appellant :- Annapurna Agnihotri,Kanchan,Rajeev Kumar,Shravan Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.

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Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J.

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Heard learned counsel for the appellant, learned AGA for the State and perused the record.

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By means of instant appeal preferred under Section 14-A(1) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (in short "SC/ST Act"), the appellant has assailed the order dated 19.10.2023 passed by the Special Judge SC/ST Act, Ambedkar Nagar (in short "trial court"), whereby, the trial court rejected the application filed under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. by the appellant registered as Crl. Misc. Case No. 304/2023 (Surendra Kumar Versus Atul Kumar Yadav and Others).

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Brief facts of the case are to the effect that an application dated 01.09.2023 under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. was preferred by the appellant registered as Crl. Misc.Case No. 304/2023 (Surendra Kumar Versus Atul Kumar Yadav and Others), and according to the same the appellant runs a shop of eggs in the house of one Jitendra Verma situated at Meethepur Road,within the jurisdiction of Police Station Ibrahimpur, District Ambedkar Nagar and on 7.7.2023 at 7:22 PM the respondents ate eggs and when the appellant asked for money, the respondents abused the appellant and also made casteist remarks and also threatened for dare

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consequences and beaten the appellant and on account of the assault by the respondents, the leg of the appellant was fractured.

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In regard to the application preferred under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C., the trial court called for a report from the concerned Police Station and in response thereof a report was submitted before the trial court, according to which on account of 'Kanwadiya Yatra' ('dkofM+;k ;k=k') the appellant was asked to run his shop adjacent to the road, in other words the appellant first asked not to run his business off the road, and therefore in retaliation, the application under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. has been moved implicating the Police personnel.

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The trial court upon due consideration of the fact including the reasons indicated in the police repor as also the allegations levelled by the appellant under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C., rejected the application preferred by the appellant, by its order dated 19.10.2023. The order dated 19.10.2023 on reproduction reads as under:-

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,sls esa izkFkZuk i= ds voyksdu ls fdlh laKs; vijk/k dk dkfjr gksuk izFken`"V;k ugha ik;k tkrk gSA vr% izkFkhZ }kjk izLrqr mijksDrkuqlkjA fujLr fd, tkus ;ksX; gSA

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Impeaching the order dated 19.10.2023, it is stated that trial court committed error in law and fact both on solely relying upon the police report in rejecting the application preferred under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. in view of the facts and evidence in support thereof placed before the trial court. In this regard reference has been made to the contents of application preferred under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C., Annexure No. 2 to the present appeal, and medical papers collectively annexed as Annexure No. 1 to the present appeal.

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Learned A.G.A., opposing the present appeal submitted that in the facts of the case particularly the observation made by the trial court in the order impugned dated 19.10.2023 no interference is required and the appeal is liable to be dismissed at admission stage.

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He further submitted that it is apparent from the documents on record that on false and concocted story the application was preferred under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. implicating the police personnel who were discharging the duties in connection with 'Kanwadiya Yatra' ('dkofM+;k ;k=k').

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Considered the submissions of learned Counsel for the parties and perused the records. 10. The medical evidence, which has been placed on record does not support the case set up by the appellant in his application under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. as the incident, according to the appellant himself is of 07.07.2023 and medical evidence i.e. Out Door Ticket of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule District Hospital, Ambedkar Nagar is of 8th August 2023 and the OPD card of Rajarshi Dashrath ASMC Associated Hospitals, Darshan Nagar, Ayodhya, is of 15.09.2023 and report of Udaya Diagnostic Centre indicates the date as 16.09.2023 and thereafter the OPD card issued by Mahatma Jyotiba Phule District Hospital, Ambedkar Nagar, indicates date as 19.09.2023.

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For the reasons aforesaid, this Court finds no force in the present appeal. It is accordingly dismissed . Cost made easy. Order Date :- 06.05.2024

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Jyoti/-

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Digitally signed by :- JYOTI RAJWANI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench

Surendra Kumar v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and 3 Others

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