{"id":208991,"date":"2010-03-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/radhakrishna-vs-ratan-on-30-march-2010"},"modified":"2015-07-20T05:12:24","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T23:42:24","slug":"radhakrishna-vs-ratan-on-30-march-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/radhakrishna-vs-ratan-on-30-march-2010","title":{"rendered":"Radhakrishna vs Ratan on 30 March, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Radhakrishna vs Ratan on 30 March, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Anant S. Dave,&amp;Nbsp;<\/div>\n<pre>   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\n  \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nCR.MA\/2900\/2010\t 2\/ 2\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nCRIMINAL\nMISC.APPLICATION No. 2900 of 2010\n \n\n \n \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\nRADHAKRISHNA\nSHIPPING PVT.LTD. &amp; 2 - Applicant(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nRATAN\nENTERPRISE PROPRIETORY FIRM &amp; 1 - Respondent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance : \nMR\nNALIN K THAKKER for\nApplicant(s) : 1 - 3. \nNone for Respondent(s) : 1, \nMr L R\nPujari, Addl. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for Respondent(s) :\n2, \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE ANANT S. DAVE\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 30\/03\/2010 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>1.\t\tHeard<br \/>\nMr Nalin K Thakker,  learned Advocate for the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.\t\tIt<br \/>\nis submitted that the petitioner is working as  customs house<br \/>\nclearing agent for the importers of timber and the transaction is<br \/>\npurely of civil and commercial nature and  even if any dispute is<br \/>\nthere, remedy of civil nature can be  availed and therefore,  the<br \/>\nimpugned complaint is nothing but a step or measure to  convert the<br \/>\ncivil disputes into criminal litigation and the learned Magistrate<br \/>\nhas  erred in exercising powers by directing the Investigating<br \/>\nAuthority to register the complaint and to carry out investigation<br \/>\nunder section 156 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.\n<\/p>\n<p>3.\t\tConsidering<br \/>\n the above, prima facie, the nature of  transaction is<br \/>\ncommercial and   even if any dispute is there,  remedy of civil<br \/>\nnature is available and  for recovery of financial dues, if any,<br \/>\ninvocation of  provisions of sections 406 and 420 of Indian Penal<br \/>\nCode is irrelevant and without any substance.\n<\/p>\n<p>4.\t\tConsidering<br \/>\nthe above, <\/p>\n<p>\t\tRULE.\n<\/p>\n<p> Ad-interim relief in terms of para 7 (B) till final disposal of the<br \/>\nmatter.  NOTICE  as to interim relief returnable on 29th April, 2010.<br \/>\n Direct Service is permitted.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[ANANT<br \/>\nS. DAVE, J.]<\/p>\n<p>msp<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Radhakrishna vs Ratan on 30 March, 2010 Author: Anant S. Dave,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print CR.MA\/2900\/2010 2\/ 2 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION No. 2900 of 2010 ========================================================= RADHAKRISHNA SHIPPING PVT.LTD. &amp; 2 &#8211; Applicant(s) Versus RATAN ENTERPRISE PROPRIETORY FIRM &amp; 1 &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Radhakrishna vs Ratan on 30 March, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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