Hon'ble High Court Bench at Jaipur set aside Krishanlal Okkarwal's order under Section 319 CrPC committing petitioners for trial after their acquittal under Sections 323, 324, 325, 326, 307 IPC and 452A, 34 CrPC, as no cogent reasons were recorded.
Order under Section 319 CrPC was set aside and remitted to the trial court.
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.
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR
S.B. Criminal Revision Petition No. 978/2019
----Petitioners
Versus
----Respondents
For Petitioner(s) : Mr. D.S. Bagadia For : Mr. Yashwant Kankhedia, PP Respondent(s)
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UMA SHANKER VYAS
Order
10/03/2022
;kph&vfHk;qDrx.k ¼vkxs ^^vfHk;qDrx.k^^ dgk tkosxk½ dh vksj ls ;g nkafMd fuxjkuh ;kfpdk fo}ku vij ls'ku U;k;k/kh'k jktx<] ftyk&vyoj }kjk ls'ku izdj.k la[;k 20@16, esa ikfjr vk{ksfir vkns'k fnukad 11-04-2019 ls O;fFkr gksdj is'k dh gS ftlds ek/;e ls vfHk;qDrx.k ds
(2 of 3) [CRLR-978/2019]
fo:) /kkjk 323] 324] 325] 326] 307 rFkk 452@34 Hkk-na-la- esa izlaKku ysdj fxjQ~rkjh okj.V ls ryc fd;k gSA
fo}ku vf/koDrk vfHk;qDr dh vksj ls ,d vkosnu vkbZ-,la[;k 1@21 izLrqr dj fuosnu fd;k x;k gS fd i{kdkjksa ds e/; jkthukek gks pqdk gSA jkthukek ds rF; dks vkgr jkefd'ku us U;k;ky; esa Lohdkj djrs gq, jkthukek izLrqr fd;k gSA
fo}ku vf/koDrk vfHk;qDRx.k dk fuosnu gS fd os /kkjk 319 n.M izfdz;k lafgrk ds rgr vfHk;qDrx.k dks leu fd;s tkus ds vkns'k dks xq.k&nks"kksa ij pqukSrh ugha nsrs gSa rFkk tks Hkh viuk cpko gS] fopkj.k U;k;ky; ds le{k vFkok vU; izdze ij izLrqr djsaxs rFkk mUgksaus lhfer fuosnu fd;k fd vfHk;qDrx.k dks lh/ks gh fxjQrkjh okj.V ls ryc fd;k tkuk U;k;ksfpr ugha Fkk] vr% fxjQrkjh okj.V dks tekurh okj.V esa ifjofrZr fd;s tkus dk fuosnu fd;kA
fo}ku yksd vfHk;kstd dk fojks/k gSA
iqfyl us vuqla/kku ds nkSjku vfHk;qDrx.k ds fo:) dksbZ ekeyk ugha cuuk ikrs gq, urhtk izLrqr fd;kA vkgr o vfHk;qDrx.k ds e/; jkthukek gks pqdk gS] ;|fi ;g ekeyk 'keuh; ugha gS] ijUrq jkthukek ds rF; dks fopkj.k esa mijksDr iz;kstu ds fy, fy;k tk ldrk gSA
ekuuh; loksZPp U;k;ky; }kjk bUnzeksgu xksLokeh o vU; cuke mRrjkapy jkT; ¼2007½ 12 ,l-lh-lh- 1 esa ;g O;oLFkk izfrikfnr dh x;h gS fd lkekU; :i ls izFke pj.k esa vfHk;qDr dks leu vFkok tekurh; okj.V ls gh ryc fd;k tkuk mfpr gSA blh U;kf;d n`"VkUr esa ;g Hkh vfHkfu/kkZfjr
(3 of 3) [CRLR-978/2019]
fd;k x;k gS fd ;fn vijk/k xaHkhj izd`fr dk gks rFkk vfHk;qDr ds iyk;u vFkok lk{; dks VsEij fd;s tkus dh laHkkouk gks rks dkj.k vafdr djrs gq, vtekurh; fxjQ~rkjh okj.V tkjh fd;k tk ldrk gSA
gLrxr ekeys esa fopkj.k U;k;ky; }kjk vfHk;qDrx.k dks lh/ks fxjQ~rkjh okj.V ls ryc fd;s tkus ds laca/k esa dksbZ Bksl dkj.k vafdr ugha fd;s gSaA
vr% mijksDr ifjfLFkfr;ksa] i{kdkjksa ds e/; jkthukek gksus ds rF;] ifjoknh@vkgr dk dksbZ fojks/k ugha gksus ,oa vU; lHkh lqlaxr rF;ksa ij fopkj djrs gq, fopkj.k U;k;ky; }kjk vfHk;qDrx.k dks vtekurh; fxjQ~rkjh okj.V ls ryc fd;s tkus dk tks vkns'k fn;k gS] og tekurh; okj.V esa ifjofrZr fd;k tkuk mfpr izrhr gksrk gSA
vr% izLrqr fuxjkuh ;kfpdk vkaf'kd :i ls Lohdkj dh tkdj vfHk;qDrx.k ds fo:) izlaKku ds laca/k esa ikfjr vk{ksfir vkns'k fnukad 11-04-2019 dh iqf"V dh tkrh gS] ysfdu vk{ksfir vkns'k dh ikyuk esa vfHk;qDrx.k ds fo:) tkjh vtekurh; fxjQ~rkjh okj.V dks tekurh; okj.V esa ifjofrZr fd;s tkus dk vkns'k fn;k tkrk gSA
izLrqr ;kfpdk mDr izdkj ls fuLrkfjr dh tkrh gS rFkk LFkxu izkFkZuk i= rFkk vkbZ , la[;k 1@21 Hkh mDr izdkj ls fuLrkfjr fd;s tkrs gSaA
(UMA SHANKER VYAS),J
Mittal /23
3 issues framed by the court
Whether the High Court should set aside the order of trial court receding from acquittal on Section 319 CrPC only to commit for trial.
Whether there are any cogent reasons recorded by the High Court to warrant recommitment after acquittal.
Whether the presence of accomplices without other recorded grounds permits retrial where petitioner was acquitted.
Sanjay S/o Rameshwar
Anil S/o Kailash
Tekchand S/o Kailash
Kishore S/o Jagdish
State Of Rajasthan
Ramkishan Meena S/o Hariram Meena
Uma Shanker Vyas
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
