Skip to content

The research platform for Indian law — judgements, legislation and the citations between them. Free to search, with the original document behind every result.

A product of LawSathi.

Research

Search Legislation Research tools

Browse

Courts Case types Topics Most-cited judgements Sources

LawSathi

Practice platform Blog

© 2026 LawSathiTerms PrivacyResearch aid, not the official record.

Uddal Vs State of Rajasthan and Ors. — Civil Procedure and Limitation | Rajasthan HC (2019)

Home
Rajasthan HC
2019
Uddal Vs State of Rajasthan and Ors.Uddal v. State of Rajasthan and Ors.

Dismissed

Uddal v. State of Rajasthan and Ors.

Rajasthan HC4 Jul 2019CRLMP/2124/2016

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

The High Court at Jaipur dismissed a criminal miscellaneous petition filed by Uddal S/o Bhammal seeking a fair investigation. The Court directed the petitioner to approach the Judicial Magistrate for investigating the progress of the inquiry, citing established precedent that remedies for poor police investigation lie with the Magistrate first.

What did the court decide?

Petition dismissed; petitioner directed to approach the concerned Magistrate to enquire about the progress of investigation.

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Petition dismissed; petitioner directed to approach the concerned Magistrate to enquire about the progress of investigation.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Criminal Misc. Petition regarding fair investigation in FIR No.368/2015 should be allowed.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

This order dismisses a petition complaining of improper investigation reasons that such grievances must first be exhausted by approaching the concerned Judicial Magistrate before approaching the High Court, referencing the principles laid down in Sakiri Vasu v. State of U.P. The petition is dismissed without granting interim reliefs, directing the petitioner to seek remedy through the Magistrate's jurisdiction.

A compact analysis

This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.

A

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous (Petition) No. 2124/2016

Uddal S/o Bhammal, by caste Meo, R/o Kangla Ka Bas, Majra Futaki, Police Station Sikari, District Bharatpur, Raj.

----Petitioner

Versus

State Of Rajasthan through PP.

Director General of Police, Raj. Jaipur

Superintendent of Police, Bharatpur.

Station House Officer, Investigation Officer, Police Station Sikari, District Bharatpur.

----Respondent

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Rakesh Trivedi for Mr. Vinay Pal Yadav. For State : Mr. Arvind Bhadu, PP.

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ BHANDARI

Order

04/07/2019

Petitioner has preferred this misc. petition seeking fair investigation in FIR No.368/2015, registered at Police Station Sikari, District Bharatpur.

This misc. petition was filed on 05.05.2016. No effective order has been passed since filing of the misc. petition.

Apex Court in “ Sakiri Vasu vs. State of U.P. & Ors. AIR 2008 SC Page 907” has held that the Judicial Magistrate has very wide powers to enquire about the investigation and for monitoring the investigation to ensure that the investigation is done properly. Apex Court has further observed that the High Court should discourage the practice of filing Writ Petitions or petitions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. simply because a person has a

(2 of 2)

[CRLMP-2124/2016]

grievance that investigation has not been done properly by the Police. For this grievance, the remedy lies before the Magistrate concerned.

The Criminal Misc. Petition is accordingly dismissed.

However, petitioner would be free to approach the Magistrate

concerned to enquire about the progress of the investigation.

(PANKAJ BHANDARI),J

CHANDAN /28

Issues for consideration

1 issue framed by the court

AI extract

1.
Whether the Criminal Misc. Petition regarding fair investigation in FIR No.368/2015 should be allowed.

Cases cited

Colour shows how this judgement treated each authority

AI extract

Sakiri Vasu vs. State of U.P. & Ors.Referred¶17
Sakiri Vasu vs. State of U.P. & Ors. AIR 2008 SC Page 907 · Who else cites this

Parties & counsel

AI extract

petitioner
Uddal S/o Bhammal
respondent
State Of Rajasthan

Coram

AI extract

PANKAJ BHANDARI

Case details

As recorded by the court registry

Court: Rajasthan HC
Decided on: 4 Jul 2019 · July
Registered: 5 May 2016
Case no.: CRLMP/2124/2016
CNR: RJHC020538922016
Topic: Civil Procedure and Limitation
Bench: Pankaj Bhandari
Disposal: DISMISSED

Similar cases

Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court

Finding judgements on the same questions…

More from Pankaj Bhandari

Ajay Pal Meena Vs State of Rajasthan through Pp
3 Jul 2019
Gopal Lal Sharma and Ors. Vs State of Rajasthan and Ors.
3 Jul 2019
Suresh Chand and Anr. Vs State of Rajasthan and Ors.
3 Jul 2019
Mohan Lal Gupta S/O Ram Swaroop Khandelwal Vs State of Rajasthan
4 Jul 2019
Radheyshyam Vs State of Rajasthan through Pp
4 Jul 2019
Vijendra Singh Vs State of Rajasthan and Ors.
4 Jul 2019

Cite this judgement

Uddal v. State of Rajasthan and Ors., CRLMP/2124/2016 (RJ), decided on 4 July 2019.

The High Court of Rajasthan publishes no neutral citation for this judgement — cite it by case number and date of decision.

Cases cited1

Sakiri Vasu vs. State of U.P. & Ors.Referred¶17

Open Authorities

Bench / Coram

PANKAJ BHANDARI

Parties & counsel