Allahabad High Court
Amit Singh And Another vs State Of U.P. And Another on 3 February, 2021
Bench: Raj Beer Singh
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
?Court No. - 80
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 2691 of 2021
Applicant :- Amit Singh And Another
Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another
Counsel for Applicant :- Udai Chandani,Aman Kumar
Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Raj Beer Singh,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.G.A. for the State.
The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C., has been filed for quashing the entire proceeding of Complaint Case No. 882 of 2019 (Bade Lal vs. Amit Singh & another), under Sections 308, 323 and 504 IPC, P.S. Rohania, District Varanasi as well as the summoning order dated 21.01.2020, passed by the Special Chief Judicial Magistrate in the aforesaid case.
It has been argued by learned counsel for the applicants that applicants are innocent and they have been falsely implicated in this case and that no prima facie case is made out against the applicants. It has been submitted that one first information report was lodged on 03.03.2019 by the father of applicants against the respondent no.2 and his family members for offence under Sections 323, 504 and 308 IPC and that another first information report was lodged by the applicant no.1 Amit Singh against brothers of respondent no.2 under Sections 323, 504 and 506 IPC and that the impugned complaint has been filed as a counterblast of the same making false and baseless allegations. At the time of alleged incident, father of applicants was admitted in hospital. Learned counsel submitted that the allegations made by the respondent no.2 are thoroughly doubtful and injuries are concocted and the witnesses are interested. Learned counsel submitted that in view of above stated facts, no prima facie case is made out against the applicants.
Per contra learned A.G.A. argued that in the alleged incident injured has sustained several injuries and that it cannot be said that no prima facie case is made out against the applicants.
The legal position on the issue of quashing of criminal proceedings is well-settled that the jurisdiction to quash a complaint, FIR or a charge-sheet should be exercised sparingly and only in exceptional cases. However, where the allegations made in the FIR or the complaint and material on record even if taken at their face value and accepted in their entirety do not prima facie constitute any offence or make out a case against the accused, the charge-sheet may be quashed in exercise of inherent powers under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. In well celebrated judgment reported in AIR 1992 SC 605 State of Haryana and others Vs. Ch. Bhajan Lal, Supreme Court has carved out certain guidelines, wherein FIR or proceedings may be quashed but cautioned that the power to quash FIR or proceedings should be exercised sparingly and that too in the rarest of rare cases.
In the instant matter, the submissions raised by learned counsel for the applicants call for determination on questions of fact which may be adequately adjudicated upon only by the trial court and even the submissions made on points of law can also be more appropriately gone into only by the trial court. Adjudication of questions of facts and appreciation of evidence or examining the reliability and credibility of the version, does not fall within the arena of jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C. In view of the material on record it can also not be held that the impugned criminal proceeding are manifestly attended with mala fide and maliciously instituted with an ulterior motive for wreaking vengeance on the accused and with a view to spite him due to private and personal grudge.
After considering arguments raised by the learned counsel for parties and perusing the impugned complaint and the materials in support of the same, this Court does not find it to be a case which can be determined or gone into in an application under Section 482 CrPC. This Court cannot hold a parallel trial in an application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. No such ground appears to be available to the applicants, on the basis of which the impugned complaint can be quashed going by the settled law in R.P. Kapur Vs. State of Punjab, A.I.R. 1960 S.C. 866, State of Haryana Vs. Bhajan Lal, 1992 SCC (Cr.) 426, State of Bihar Vs. P.P.Sharma, 1992 SCC (Cr.) 192 and Zandu Pharmaceutical Works Ltd. Vs. Mohd. Saraful Haq and another 2005 SCC (Cr.) 283.
Similarly so far as the impugned summoning order is concerned, perusal of material on record shows that the impugned summoning order has been passed by applying due procedure and no substantial illegality, perversity or any other substantial error could be pointed out. It is well settled that the power under section 482 Cr.P.C has to be exercised by the High Court, interalia, to prevent abuse of the process of any court or otherwise to secure the ends of justice. Though the powers possessed by the High Court under Section 482 of Cr.P.C are very wide but the very plenitude of the power requires great caution in its exercise. The inherent power cannot be exercised to stifle a legitimate prosecution. Such powers have to be exercised only to give effect to any order under Cr.P.C. to prevent abuse of the process of any court and to secure the ends of justice.
Accordingly, the prayer as made above is refused.
However, keeping in view the facts of the matter, it is directed that in case applicants appear and surrender before the Court below and apply for bail within a period of 30 days from today, their bail application shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with settled law. For a period of 30 days from today or till the applicants surrender before the court below, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicants.
With the aforesaid directions, the application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is disposed off finally.
Order Date :- 3.2.2021
A. Tripathi
