High Court Karnataka High Court

Ashoka B H vs State By Chickpaet Police on 3 February, 2010

Karnataka High Court
Ashoka B H vs State By Chickpaet Police on 3 February, 2010
Author: K.N.Keshavanarayana


IN ‘THE E~IIGI~~l COURT OI’ KARNA’I’A.KA AT BAN GALORE
DATED ‘l’HiS TIMIE 03″”-3 DAY OF FEBRUARY, 20,10.»

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STATEC BY CHiCKPAI1'.'l' POI,iCE
REP BY PUBLIC I7'ROSIEZCU"E"OR
SESSIONS COURT, BANGALORE

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THIS CRL.A. FILED U/S449 CR.P.C BY ‘I..”r’I.I:’-44.AD,V.,
FOR THI: APPELLAN’l’S PRAYING THAT ‘FH1S._ j 1I~H_I.0I».I1i~I3I;I.a:

COURT MAY B131 PLEASEI) TO SET ASlDE_;”1.’HE:”–E:I’xiT£’i}”2Eg
PROCEEDINGS ISSUED ACAII_\IS’.Ij THI;
APPELLANTS/SURETIES IN C.MIS..NQ.3442/OSEFROM.THE”» ”

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SPECIAL JDUGE [NDPS) BANGALOI_2’E.*C’ISiC»F?RODUC,E.D’€F;S

PER ANNEXURE–A AND: ON 7__Tl*’!_E3 S’E_I?.E§£”JC3’E’I*}
DEPOSFFING AMOUNT ‘W’H,{CH *..iS VP§€Oi)U«CEI}: AT!’

ANNEXUREVC AND RELEASiNGI.THE1Vi._'[‘OC_.SU’RETY SHIP
FROM ACCUSED NO.2. ANITTQ .QRANT._C0STi’: OF THIS
PETITEON.

THIS APPEAL Cic)’%II/I’II\’IS7OI\I§C§,H.A’I)MISSIoN THIS
DAY THE COURT DE~£;}’.fEIRED_”.T}{E} FOLLOWING:

in”‘*t<_E_'1iS_ under Section 449 of Cr.P.C.,

pf§€itiOE1€fI'S._VV}1Q, are Sureiiies 1 and 2 for accused

» 'Sp*ec_:iaE C.C.N0.4I/O6 on the file of 33*" Add}.

Sessions Judge, Bangaiore. have Sought.

for" Seittairig aide the entire proceedings initiated against

2 them in C.MiSe.No.3442/2008.

H The appeliantis Stood Sureiies for accused No.2

‘ before the Court beiow. Accused No.2 is Charge Sheeted

for the offences punislraable under Sections

21 of the N.D.P.S. Act. During the t1’iai~«’.oi’.tr}?i.:ei’cas’e.M’

accused No.2 absconded and f2?iilec1″‘t.oy_

court below. Inspite of isst2_an<:_.e Oflv"jplflCif14ba.'il€1.b.l'€-.

warrant. his presence co1.1'i'ecl:VV:"'1not V
those circumsta11ces':;..ghe iorfleiiveldllythe surety
bonds executecl by them to
pay the bor;'1d"ar'r1ou:1t1t the recovery of

the same. "After coming to know of

the i'ssu.e' of .th.e]"appella1it,s appeared before the
court be1.gmr,Valnd"" for time to pay the penalty.

sLtbseq_i;_erat.ly the appellants failed to pay the

' and later they filed application under

'Slectiov1i Cr.P.C. seeking remission of portion of

the {hie amount.

Vf3. By order dated 5.41.2008. though the learned trial

judge posteci the case for ob3’e.ctions of the prosecution

on the application filed by the appellants for remission,

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simultaneously ordered issue of FLW. The said order
dated 5.4.2008 directing issue of FLW without disposing
of the application under Section 446(3) of Cr.P.C..,’§ was

challenged by the appellants before this courtj”by”y”fi:ling

Crl.R.P.705/O8. T he said petition came

by this court on 1.7.2008 hQld’ii’–1g no it

justification to interfere with the
learned Sessions Judge. lAft:ert.yreceip.t. of the

order passed in Crl=.R.P.DJo’§7t)5/VHS, learned’lSessions

Judge ‘F’LW_ At that stage, the

appellants have this appeal.

4. is «.T_l”ie only content.ion urged by the learned Advocate

– Afvtlr’ the procedure adopted by the

Judge in directing FLW without

dis.pos_i’ng.§lA.lthe application filed by the appellants under

..Sectio’n;446[3) for remission of the portion of the fine

‘~_a’rn–ount. is bad in law and the learned Sessions Judge

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ought not to l”J.dV€ issued FLW without disposing of the

application filed under Section 446(3) of Cr.P.C.

5. Having regard to the fact that. the

by these appellants to the _order

directing issue of FLW against

filing an application undei*..:Secti0n’ 41-<i'6{3).jl*taiiing':been"V

dismissed, the appeliantsp.c–anriot–».._be permitted to re-

agitate the same isslueg'ove1f.;7agairi:_in'this appeal. No

dou'o't, the 'certified copy of the order
sheet of"tl_}.e indicate that the appellants had

fil.e.d 'appiicati'o.nVt_i_nder Section 446(3) of Cr.P.C. seeking

» 1ret_nissiori«,o'f. portion of fine amount. Reading of Section

E doll-'V.i_1-ot,c:=.indicate that uniess the application filed

un'cier',Secti0n 446(3) is disposed of, the court has no

power to proceed to recover the fine amount. What is

'contemplated under Section 446(3) is, only remission of

portion of the fine arnotint. 'l'h.erefore. even after the

recovery of the entire fine amount, if the appiication

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7. in this View of the rnat.ter._ I find n__<';""gre3_~u._::1a:_.vpa_

admit, this appeal. Accordilagly. the

reserving liberty to the appelléznt :_1:oz

Sessions Judge to disp0se 0'f..}:he apgfilirgat;(§f1Agi';.1..s;V(;1V t;ancie:'. '

Section 446(3) Cr.P.C.