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Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n
Gurdit Singh vs State Of Punjab And Another on 17 November, 2009<\/div>\n
Criminal Misc. No.M-4770 of 2007                              -1-\n\n                               ****\n\n\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA\n              AT CHANDIGARH\n\n                        Criminal Misc. No.M-4770 of 2007\n                        Date of decision : 17.11.2009\n\nGurdit Singh                                            ....Petitioner\n\n                               Versus\n\nState of Punjab and another                             ...Respondents\n\n                               ****\n\nCORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND\n\nPresent: Mr.T.P.S.Tung, Advocate for the petitioner.\n\n           Mr. B.B.S.Teji, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab\n\n           Mr. Sumeet Mahajan, Senior Advocate with\n           Mr. Amit Kochar, Advocate for the complainant.\n\nS. D. ANAND, J.\n<\/pre>\n
            The petitioner-complainant lodged an FIR (No.445 dated<\/p>\n
16.10.2003 under Sections 18 & 19 of the Transplantation of Human<\/p>\n
Organs Act, 1994) against the respondent-accused Dr. Baldev Singh<\/p>\n
Aulakh. The precise allegation, in the course of the complaint, was that Dr.<\/p>\n
Aulakh had removed his one kidney stealthily and further that Dr. Aulakh<\/p>\n
treated him with cognizable negligence in the performance of his<\/p>\n
professional duty.\n<\/p>\n
            The police forwarded the case to the Illaqa Magistrate for<\/p>\n
cancellation on a finding that no case had been made out against Dr.<\/p>\n
Aulakh etc. On being notified of the cancellation report, the petitioner-<\/p>\n
complainant resisted the plea aforementioned and filed a protest petition.<\/p>\n
In the light thereof, the learned Magistrate did not accept the cancellation<\/p>\n
plea and, treating it to be a private complaint, proceeded in the matter
\n Criminal Misc. No.M-4770 of 2007                             -2-<\/span><\/p>\n
                              ****<\/p>\n
and, vide order dated 13.3.2006, ordered the summoning of Dr. Baldev<\/p>\n
Singh Aulakh for a trial under Section 279 IPC and under Sections 18 & 19<\/p>\n
of the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994.\n<\/p>\n
            In revision, the then learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast<\/p>\n
Track Court, Ludhiana reversed the decision and ordered the discharge of<\/p>\n
the respondent-accused Dr. Baldev Singh Aulakh.\n<\/p>\n
            In revision before this Court, the learned counsel for the<\/p>\n
petitioner-complainant raised a plea that the learned Ist Revisional Court<\/p>\n
committed grave error of law in proceeding to take into consideration<\/p>\n
certain material which was not available on the record and which would<\/p>\n
have, in the normal course of things, seen the light of the day only at the<\/p>\n
trial which was yet to commence after the respondent-accused had<\/p>\n
entered appearance. It was also argued that the learned Ist Revisional<\/p>\n
Court did not, at all, deal with the precise grounds noticed by the learned<\/p>\n
Magistrate for ordering the summoning of respondent-accused-Dr. Baldev<\/p>\n
Singh Aulakh.   It was also the vehement contention      on behalf of the<\/p>\n
petitioner-complainant that all that the learned Ist Revisional Court could<\/p>\n
have done was to refer the matter to the learned Trial Court for<\/p>\n
reconsideration, particularly in view of the fact that it was the own<\/p>\n
observation made by the former that offences under Sections 336\/337 IPC<\/p>\n
could have been attracted to the facts and circumstances of the case.<\/p>\n
            It is apparent, from a conjunctive perusal of the order dated<\/p>\n
13.3.2006    (Annexure P-2) of the learned Additional Chief Judicial<\/p>\n
Magistrate, Ludhiana and that of the learned Additional Sessions Judge,<\/p>\n
Fast Track Court, Ludhiana dated 30.9.2006       (Annexure P-1), that the<\/p>\n
former had recorded precise reasons which were relied upon to draw<\/p>\n
sustenance for the summoning of respondent-accused to face a            trial.
\n Criminal Misc. No.M-4770 of 2007                               -3-<\/span><\/p>\n
                               ****<\/p>\n
Those foundational facts, which formed the essential premise of the<\/p>\n
impugned order of the learned Magistrate, are noticed at page 49 of the<\/p>\n
paper-book. Those are reproduced hereunder for facility of reference:-<\/p>\n
            i) No information or written consent was sought from the<\/p>\n
              complainant or his relatives or family members before<\/p>\n
              removing the left kidney of the complainant.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
            ii) No letter or information was given by Dr. Arun Aggarwal<\/p>\n
              Prop. of Apex Laboratory to the complainant that he could<\/p>\n
              get test of the left kidney from other laboratories within one<\/p>\n
              month, which was mandatory.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
            iii)No confirmation or investigation made by the police whether<\/p>\n
              Khaira Nursing Home was registered under the Human<\/p>\n
              Organ Transplantation Act or not.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
            iv)If the tests were normal on 13.6.96 and there was no<\/p>\n
              temperature then why haste or hurry for operation at night<\/p>\n
              same day. It also falsifies presence of pus in the kidney. If it<\/p>\n
              was full of PUS, then there must be high temperature.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
            v) The investigation of the above said case was transferred by<\/p>\n
              DIG Ludhiana vide its letter no. 132\/s dt. 11.12.2003 from<\/p>\n
              SSP Ludhiana to SP Mohali Sh. Kanwar Vijay Partap Singh,<\/p>\n
              IPS in spite of that, the SSP Ludhiana continued with the<\/p>\n
              investigations of the case. The SP Mohali had been sending<\/p>\n
              reminders to SSP Ludhiana for sending the case file to him<\/p>\n
              for investigations but instead of sending the file to the<\/p>\n
              concerned investigation officer. The SSP Ludhiana Sh.<\/p>\n
              Narinder Pal Singh, IPS, recommended the cancellation of<\/p>\n
              the said case and the challan of the same was produced
\n Criminal Misc. No.M-4770 of 2007                             -4-<\/span><\/p>\n
                              ****<\/p>\n
              before the Illaqa Magistrate, Ludhiana on 18.2.2004 for<\/p>\n
              cancellation of the same, which further shows that police<\/p>\n
              and accused doctors were hand in glove with each other.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
            vi)The operation was conducted on the complainant on<\/p>\n
              13.6.1996 but in some of the papers\/treatment chars of<\/p>\n
              Khaira Nursing Home date is showing on 1998 which further<\/p>\n
              goes to prove that the doctors has fabricated and forged the<\/p>\n
              abovesaid records in order to save themself and in order to<\/p>\n
              misguide the police and this court.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
            vii)That the accused doctors being rich and influential persons<\/p>\n
              of Ludhiana and being a member of Medical Council of India<\/p>\n
              were able to approached the higher police officials and<\/p>\n
              Senior Doctors and with there connivence got constituted a<\/p>\n
              medical Board in order to get a favourable report in their<\/p>\n
              favour in which, they succeeded. The board consisted of<\/p>\n
              doctors which were medicine specialist and General<\/p>\n
              Surgeon, who are not competent to inquiry to the matter and<\/p>\n
              to give the report. As in such like cases only a doctor M.Ch.<\/p>\n
              Urologist was only competent to inquire and file the report<\/p>\n
              regarding the same All these above said proceedings were<\/p>\n
              initiated in the absence of the complainant and the<\/p>\n
              complainant was got given a change of being heard, which<\/p>\n
              further goes to show that the abovesaid accused persons<\/p>\n
              have succeeded in getting the above said FIR cancelled due<\/p>\n
              to their influence and not as per law.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
            It was further argued that the learned Additional Sessions<\/p>\n
Judge did not, at all, notice most of those points and proceeded to analyse
\n Criminal Misc. No.M-4770 of 2007                                    -5-<\/span><\/p>\n
                                  ****<\/p>\n
the material available on the Ist Revisional Court file to arrive at a finding<\/p>\n
that offences under Sections 279 and 420 IPC were not made out. In<\/p>\n
obtaining that view, the learned Additional Sessions Judge relied upon the<\/p>\n
opinion of some other Doctors. It also held that though the facts of the<\/p>\n
case could have attracted the provisions of Section 336\/337 IPC, the<\/p>\n
launching of the impugned prosecution qua offences aforementioned was<\/p>\n
barred by limitation and no cognizance thereof could be taken by the<\/p>\n
Court.\n<\/p>\n
              It is apparent, from a perusal of the order granted by the<\/p>\n
learned Additional Sessions Judge, that he did not, at all, touch the points<\/p>\n
indicated by the learned Trial Magistrate at point (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi).<\/p>\n
A Revisional Court is ordained by law to substitute its opinion in place of<\/p>\n
the one recorded by the learned Trial Magistrate, with adequate reasoning.<\/p>\n
In this case, as already noticed, the reasoning for discarding\/ignoring those<\/p>\n
untouched items is completely missing.\n<\/p>\n
              The learned Additional Sessions Judge did record certain<\/p>\n
facts-based reasoning in the course of the impugned order, in support of<\/p>\n
the observation that the offences with which the respondent-accused was<\/p>\n
charged were not made out and that some offences other than those were<\/p>\n
indeed made out but could not be taken cognizance of on account of the<\/p>\n
bar of limitation.\n<\/p>\n
              The learned First Revisional Court obeviously committed a<\/p>\n
jurisdictional error in invalidating the order granted by the learned Trial<\/p>\n
Magistrate in toto.    It would have been appropriate for the learned Ist<\/p>\n
Revisional Court to notice the respective contentions of the parties, to<\/p>\n
relate the same to the record and forward the finding in relation thereto to<\/p>\n
the learned Trial Magistrate to have a look at the facts and circumstances
\n Criminal Misc. No.M-4770 of 2007                                -6-<\/span><\/p>\n
                                 ****<\/p>\n
obtaining on the file all over again. The learned Trial Magistrate would<\/p>\n
have reappraised the material in the light of the guidance offered by the<\/p>\n
learned Additional Sessions Judge.\n<\/p>\n
             Learned Trial Magistrate had indeed recorded certain<\/p>\n
pertinent facts which persuaded it to uphold the allegations of negligence<\/p>\n
etc. In recording of finding of reversal, learned Ist Revisional Court could<\/p>\n
not have taken into consideration the material which could not be validly<\/p>\n
accessed on record. That material representing defence plea had to find<\/p>\n
its way to the record in accordance with law. That record could not be read<\/p>\n
into evidence otherwise. Except when the challenge to the validity of an<\/p>\n
order is based upon a pure question of law, the validity of an order has to<\/p>\n
be compulsively adjudicated upon on the basis of the material presented<\/p>\n
before the Court which granted it. An order directing the appearance of a<\/p>\n
person to face a trial affects the personal liberty of the individual and an<\/p>\n
order in the context must be granted with judicial circumspection. An order<\/p>\n
of that category must indicate what weighed with the granting authority in<\/p>\n
ordering the summoning of the individual as an accused. At the same<\/p>\n
time, the Revisional Court must apply               the same principle of<\/p>\n
circumspection       while   considering interference with an order under<\/p>\n
challenge.\n<\/p>\n
             This observations apply with greater vigour to the present<\/p>\n
case because the learned Magistrate had recorded detailed reasoning<\/p>\n
which persuaded him to order the summoning of accused on the basis of<\/p>\n
the material which could be rebutted by the accused only at the trial which<\/p>\n
is yet to be held.\n<\/p>\n
             In the light of the foregoing discussion, the petition shall stand<\/p>\n
allowed. The impugned order dated 30.9.2006 shall stand set aside. The
\n Criminal Misc. No.M-4770 of 2007                              -7-<\/span><\/p>\n
                                ****<\/p>\n
matter is remitted to the learned Sessions Judge, Ludhiana, for forwarding<\/p>\n
it to the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court, Ludhiana.<\/p>\n
In case, there is no incumbent of that office, the learned Sessions Judge<\/p>\n
shall have the liberty to forward it to any other Court of competent<\/p>\n
jurisdiction. The learned Court, to which revision petition comes to be<\/p>\n
assigned, shall dispose it of within three months from the date it is listed<\/p>\n
before it for the first time.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
November 17, 2009                                    (S. D. ANAND)\nPka                                                    JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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