Sri Lingesh K S v. State of Karnataka by

Karnataka HC13 Sept 2024CRL.P/5030/2023

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Criminal petition filed to quash FIR regarding alleged illegal land grants by a Committee. Court held that prior investigation reports disclose illegality prima facie. Case for trial on merits; quashing petition rejected as investigation must proceed.

What the court decided

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Sri Lingesh K S Vs State of Karnataka by — Quashing and FIR | Karnataka HC (2024)

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*Grant* *Category*	*Number* of *Grants*	*Sum of Presumptive value* *of Government Land (25* *lakh per acre inclusive of* *Maramalki)*	*Sum* of *Total* *Acres*
Blue	46	`17,88,46,875.00	71.54
Red	1261	`6,26,58,36,250,00	2506.33
Yellow	123	`61,13,12,500.00	244.53
*Grand* *Total*	*1430*	*7055995625*	*2822.40*

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*giving* *Saguvali* *Chit*	*B.A* *Jagde* *esh*	*H.S* *Parmesh*	*J.Umes* h	*N.V* *Natesh*	*Puttashe* *tty B.S*	*U.M.Mohan* *Kumar*	*Saguvali* *Chit* *Given,* *Khata to* *be done*	*Grand* *Total*
B.A Jagdeesh	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
H.S Parmesh	0	498	10	39	0	64	42	635
J.Umesh	0	0	147	23	0	28	66	264
Puttashetty B.S	0	42	10	9	279	35	15	390
U.M.Mohan Kumar	0	0	0	0	0	74	0	74
*Grand Total*	2	*540*	*167*	71	*279*	*201*	*124*	*1384*

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“9.1 . At the outset, it is required to be noted that in the present case the High Court in exercise of powers under Section 482 CrPC has quashed the criminal proceedings for the offences under Sections 147, 148, 149, 406, 329 and 386 IPC. It is required to be noted that when the High Court in exercise of powers under Section 482 CrPC quashed the criminal proceedings, by the time the investigating officer after recording the statement of the witnesses, statement of the complainant and collecting the evidence from the incident place and after taking statement of the independent witnesses and even statement of the accused persons, has filed the charge-sheet before the learned Magistrate for the offences under Sections 147, 148, 149, 406, 329 and 386 IPC and even the learned Magistrate also took the cognizance. From the impugned judgment and order [Radhey Shyam Gupta v. State of U.P., 2020 SCC OnLine All 914] passed by the High Court, it does not appear that the High Court took into consideration the material collected during the investigation/inquiry and even the statements recorded. If the petition under Section 482 CrPC was at the stage of FIR in that case the allegations in the FIR/complaint only are required to be considered and whether a cognizable offence is disclosed or not is required to be considered. However, thereafter when the statements are recorded, evidence is collected and the charge-sheet is filed after conclusion of the investigation/inquiry the matter stands on different footing and the Court is required to consider the material/evidence collected during the investigation. Even at this stage also, as observed and held by this Court in a catena of decisions, the High Court is not required to go into the merits of the allegations and/or enter into the merits of the case as if the High Court is exercising the appellate jurisdiction and/or conducting the trial. As held by this Court in Dineshbhai Chandubhai Patel [Dineshbhai Chandubhai Patel v. State of Gujarat, (2018) 3 SCC 104 : (2018) 1 SCC (Cri) 683] in order to examine as to whether factual contents of FIR disclose any cognizable offence or not, the High Court cannot act like the investigating agency nor can exercise the powers like an appellate court. It is further observed and held that that question is required to be examined keeping in view, the contents of FIR and prima facie material, if any, requiring no proof. At such stage, the High Court cannot appreciate evidence nor can it draw its

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