{"id":197408,"date":"2010-08-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sanjeev-kumar-jalan-anr-vs-state-of-jharkhand-anr-on-13-august-2010"},"modified":"2018-01-09T02:56:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T21:26:56","slug":"sanjeev-kumar-jalan-anr-vs-state-of-jharkhand-anr-on-13-august-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sanjeev-kumar-jalan-anr-vs-state-of-jharkhand-anr-on-13-august-2010","title":{"rendered":"Sanjeev Kumar Jalan &amp; Anr vs State Of Jharkhand &amp; Anr on 13 August, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Jharkhand High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sanjeev Kumar Jalan &amp; Anr vs State Of Jharkhand &amp; Anr on 13 August, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>                                             [1]\n                                                                     [Cr. M. P. No. 220 of 2007]\n\n               IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI.\n                               Cr. M. P. No. 220 of 2007\n                                              ...\n<\/pre>\n<p>               1. Sanjeev Kumar Jalan\n<\/p>\n<p>               2. Rajeev Jalan @ Banti Jalan                       &#8230;       &#8230;       Petitioners\n<\/p>\n<p>                                      -V e r s u s-<\/p>\n<pre>\n               1. State of Jharkhand\n               2. Pyare Lal Das                                    ...       Opposite Parties.\n                                              ...\nCORAM: - HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D.G.R. PATNAIK.\n                                              ...\n       For the Petitioners : - Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate.\n       For the State          : - A.P.P.\n<\/pre>\n<p>       For the O. P. No. 2 : &#8211; M\/s. Saibal Mitra, P. Kumar and R. Satendra, Advocates.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                              &#8230;\n<\/p>\n<p>              C.A.V. On : &#8211; 27\/07\/2010 Delivered On: &#8211; 13 \/08\/2010<br \/>\n                                              &#8230;\n<\/p>\n<p>2\/ 13. 08 .2010                 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, learned counsel for the<br \/>\n                State and the learned counsel for the Opposite Party No. 2.\n<\/p>\n<p>                2.             The instant application under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. has been<br \/>\n                filed by the petitioners, praying for quashing the impugned order dated-25.09.2006,<br \/>\n                passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Giridih in Complaint Case No. 437 of<br \/>\n                2006, whereby cognizance of the offences under Sections 323 and 379 of the I.P.C.<br \/>\n                and Sections 3 and 4 of the Scheduled Castes &amp; Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of<br \/>\n                Atrocities) Act, was taken against the petitioners, whereafter the case was<br \/>\n                transferred to the Court of the S.D.J.M., Giridih.\n<\/p>\n<p>                3.             The facts in brief, relevant for the disposal of this case, are as<br \/>\n                follows: &#8211;\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                                             A complaint case was lodged by the Opposite Party<br \/>\n                                      No. 2, Pyare Lal Das before the Chief Judicial Magistrate,<br \/>\n                                      Giridih on 13.04.2006, alleging therein that the petitioners<br \/>\n                                      along with others, had visited his land and tried to forcibly<br \/>\n                                      grab his land and had started raising some illegal constructions<br \/>\n                                      thereon. His complaints to the Police did not yield any prompt<br \/>\n                                      relief. Thereafter, he filed an application before the Sub-<br \/>\n                                      Divisional Magistrate, Giridih for restraining the petitioners<br \/>\n                                      from illegally encroaching upon his land. Subsequently on the<br \/>\n                                      alleged date of occurrence, while the complainant was on his<br \/>\n                                      way to the market to buy some house-hold goods, he saw that<br \/>\n                                      the petitioners alongwith some labourers were constructing<br \/>\n                                      boundary wall over his land. On his protest, the accused<br \/>\n                                      persons      allegedly     abused        and     assaulted   the<br \/>\n                                      complainant\/Opposite Party No. 2 by referring to his caste and<br \/>\n                              [2]<br \/>\n                                                 [Cr. M. P. No. 220 of 2007]<\/p>\n<p>                     had threatened him with dire consequences, if he raise any<br \/>\n                     objections. He has further alleged that in course of the scuffle,<br \/>\n                     the accused persons dishonestly removed a sum of Rs.530\/-<br \/>\n                     from his pocket. On his alarms, some persons from his nearby<br \/>\n                     village rushed to rescue him and upon seeing them the accused<br \/>\n                     petitioners fled away.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>                                     In course of the enquiry conducted by the court<br \/>\n                     below, the complainant and his witnesses were examined and<br \/>\n                     on the basis of their statements, the learned court below took<br \/>\n                     cognizance for the aforementioned offences.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>4.             The petitioners have assailed the impugned order of cognizance and<br \/>\nthe continuation of the criminal proceedings against them mainly on the ground that<br \/>\nthe impugned order has been passed by the court below without application of<br \/>\njudicial mind to the admitted facts of the case which would amply declare that a<br \/>\ndispute in respect of the land in question, was pending since long between the<br \/>\npetitioners and the complainant and that the land belongs exclusively to the<br \/>\npetitioners who have mortgaged the same with the Union Bank of India, Giridih<br \/>\nBranch way back in 1999 for the purposes of obtaining loan and as such, the<br \/>\npetitioners have every right to construct the boundary wall over the lands and to use<br \/>\nthe same in accordance with their own choice.\n<\/p>\n<p>5.             Learned counsel for the petitioners explains that in the complaint<br \/>\nfiled by the Opposite Party No. 2, a proceeding under Section 144 of the Cr.P.C<br \/>\nwas initiated., in which a Report from the Police was called for. The Police Report<br \/>\nhad confirmed that the petitioners are the rightful owners of the land in question and<br \/>\nthe same is in their possession. The complainant has suppressed all the material<br \/>\nfacts and thereby, has mislead the court below to believe the statements of the<br \/>\ncomplainant as prima facie true.\n<\/p>\n<p>                      Learned counsel submits further, that the facts would amply<br \/>\ndemonstrate that the complainant, with a revengeful and malicious motive, has filed<br \/>\nthe case entirely on false allegations. The entire story as created by the complainant<br \/>\nin his allegations are false and highly improbable as because, there could be no<br \/>\noccasion for the petitioners to indulge in any such acts of offence against the<br \/>\ncomplainant, since admittedly, the land was already in their possession. The<br \/>\ncontinuation of such proceedings against the petitioners is entirely an abuse of the<br \/>\nprocess of Court.\n<\/p>\n<p>                      In support of his arguments, learned counsel refers to the<br \/>\njudgment of the Supreme Court in the case of State of Haryana and others-versus-\n<\/p>\n<p>                              [3]<br \/>\n                                                 [Cr. M. P. No. 220 of 2007]<\/p>\n<p>Ch. Bhajan Lal and others reported in AIR (SC) 1992 604.\n<\/p>\n<p>6.             Learned counsel for the Opposite Party No. 2 on the other hand<br \/>\nwould argue that the learned court below has acted on the basis of the statements of<br \/>\nthe complainant, which finds support from the statements of his witnesses recorded<br \/>\nin course of enquiry and while taking cognizance, the learned court below is only<br \/>\nrequired to consider as to whether the materials available on record would make<br \/>\nout, prima facie any offence. Learned counsel argues that the grounds taken by the<br \/>\npetitioners are not such, as could be appreciated at the stage of cognizance. Rather,<br \/>\nthese are grounds, which could be appreciated only in course of trial. Learned<br \/>\ncounsel explains further that the petitioners are trying to mislead by distorting the<br \/>\nfacts. Even the Police Report, referred to by the petitioners, would indicate that out<br \/>\nof the 32 Bighas of lands, only 25 bighas belong to the petitioners and the<br \/>\nremaining seven bighas belongs to the Opposite Party no. 2 and it is this portion of<br \/>\nthe seven Bighas of the land that the petitioners had tried to grab forcibly and<br \/>\nillegally. The Opposite Party No. 2 had acquired the lands from the erstwhile owner<br \/>\nof the lands and till date, he has been paying rent to the Government and is in<br \/>\ncultivating possession of the lands.\n<\/p>\n<p>                      In support of his contentions, learned counsel would refer to<br \/>\nand rely upon the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Gangula Ashok<br \/>\nand Another-versus-State of A.P. Reported in 2000 (2) BLJ 472.\n<\/p>\n<p>7.             From the grounds advanced by the petitioners, considering the<br \/>\nreliance placed by them on the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Ch.<br \/>\nBhajan Lal (Supra), it appears that the petitioners have challenged the continuation<br \/>\nof the proceedings on the ground that it is an abuse of the process of Court.\n<\/p>\n<p>8.             The question as to under what circumstances and what categories of<br \/>\ncases, can a criminal proceeding be quashed either in exercise of extra ordinary<br \/>\npowers of the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India or in<br \/>\nexercise of the inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal<br \/>\nProcedure, have been raised in several cases both before the Supreme Court as well<br \/>\nas before the High Courts. After extensively deliberating on the issue, the Supreme<br \/>\nCourt in the case of Ch. Bhajan Lal (Supra), has enumerated as many as seven<br \/>\ncategories of circumstances under which the High Court in exercise of its inherent<br \/>\npowers under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. may quash the the entire criminal<br \/>\nproceedings following the F.I.R. Out of the several categories, the one which is<br \/>\nrelevant in the context of the grounds advanced by the petitioners in the present<br \/>\ncase, is quoted in the following terms: &#8211; &#8220;Where a criminal proceeding is<br \/>\nmanifestly attended with mala fide and\/or where the proceeding is maliciously<br \/>\n                              [4]<br \/>\n                                                [Cr. M. P. No. 220 of 2007]<\/p>\n<p>instituted with an ulterior motive for wreaking vengeance on the accused and with<br \/>\na view to spite him due to private and personal grudge.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>                      However, while referring to such a circumstance of a given<br \/>\nsituation, where false and vexatious charges of corruption and venality may be<br \/>\nmaliciously attributed against any person holding a high office and enjoying a<br \/>\nrespectable status, the apex Court has also cautioned that the power of quashing a<br \/>\ncriminal proceeding even in such a given situation should be exercised very<br \/>\nsparingly and with circumspection and that too in the rarest of rare cases. The Court<br \/>\nwill not be justified in embarking upon an enquiry as to the reliability or<br \/>\ngenuineness or otherwise of the allegations made in the F.I.R. or the complaint. The<br \/>\nextraordinary or inherent powers do not confer an arbitrary jurisdiction on the Court<br \/>\nto act according to its whim or caprice. With reference to such a peculiar situation,<br \/>\nthe apex Court has further observed in the following manner : &#8211;\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                             &#8220;In such a piquant situation, the question is what<br \/>\n                     would be the remedy that would redress the grievance of the<br \/>\n                     verily affected party? The answer would be that the person<br \/>\n                     who dishonestly makes such false allegations is liable to be<br \/>\n                     proceeded against under the relevant provisions of the Indian<br \/>\n                     Penal Code &#8211; namely under Section 182 or 211 or 500 besides<br \/>\n                     becoming liable to be sued for damages&#8221;.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>9.             Referring to the present case, as it appears the allegations made in<br \/>\nthe complaint, do clearly constitute the offences justifying taking of cognizance of<br \/>\nthe offences by the Magistrate. The facts of the present case, in my opinion, do not<br \/>\nfall in any one of the categories enumerated by the Supreme Court in Ch. Bhajan<br \/>\nLal&#8217;s case (Supra) and therefore, does not call for the exercise of the inherent<br \/>\npowers of this Court to quash the order of cognizance and the criminal proceedings<br \/>\npending against the petitioners.\n<\/p>\n<p>10.            The facts pleaded by the petitioners may suggest that a dispute in<br \/>\nrespect of the land under reference in the case is pending between the complainant<br \/>\nand the accused persons since long. Both the petitioners as well as the complainant\/<br \/>\nOpposite Party No. 2 have been claiming their right of title and possession over the<br \/>\nlands. As per the Police Report submitted in the 144 Cr.P.C. proceedings, the<br \/>\npossession over 25 Bighas of lands appears to have been declared in favour of the<br \/>\npetitioners, whereas the claim of the Opposite Party No. 2 is in respect of another<br \/>\nchunk of land measuring 7 Bighas over which the petitioners are alleged to have<br \/>\nattempted to encroach. If such is the claim of right made by the complainant, there<br \/>\nmay be reason for him to protest against the alleged acts of encroachment<br \/>\ncommitted by the petitioners and such protests may have the effect of causing<br \/>\nannoyance, irritation, discomfort and discomfiture to the petitioners. These are<br \/>\napparently disputed questions of facts, which cannot possibly to be looked into or<br \/>\n                                            [5]<br \/>\n                                                                [Cr. M. P. No. 220 of 2007]<\/p>\n<p>             appreciated at the time of taking cognizance of the offences by the Magistrate,<br \/>\n             when he is called upon to consider, on the basis of the statements of the<br \/>\n             complainant and the complainant&#8217;s witnesses, to apply his mind and to satisfy<br \/>\n             himself as to whether the materials do make out any prima facie case for any<br \/>\n             offence. If the Magistrate is satisfied, then he has power to take cognizance of the<br \/>\n             offence and to direct the accused persons, prima facie found responsible for such<br \/>\n             offence to face trial. The obligation of the Magistrate at the stage of taking<br \/>\n             cognizance, therefore, extends only to consider the allegations in the complaint<br \/>\n             petition and the statement of the complainant and his witnesses and to find out as to<br \/>\n             whether a criminal offence is prima facie made out or not or whether there is any<br \/>\n             statutory bar.\n<\/p>\n<p>             11.              Applying the above standards of jurisdictional requirements, the<br \/>\n             impugned order of cognizance, as passed by the learned court below in the context<br \/>\n             of the allegations in the complaint and the statements of the complainant and his<br \/>\n             witnesses does not, in my opinion, suffer from any illegality or infirmity, which<br \/>\n             would attract invocation of the inherent jurisdiction of this Court for quashing the<br \/>\n             entire criminal proceeding following the order of cognizance.\n<\/p>\n<p>             12.              There being no merit in this application, the same is accordingly,<br \/>\n             dismissed. The petitioners would be at liberty to agitate all such grounds as pleaded<br \/>\n             by them in their defence in course of trial before the trial court.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                                          (D.G.R. 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