{"id":214725,"date":"2010-09-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/raj-kumar-pandey-vs-state-of-bihar-on-7-september-2010"},"modified":"2016-08-07T00:36:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T19:06:41","slug":"raj-kumar-pandey-vs-state-of-bihar-on-7-september-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/raj-kumar-pandey-vs-state-of-bihar-on-7-september-2010","title":{"rendered":"Raj Kumar Pandey vs State Of Bihar on 7 September, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Patna High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Raj Kumar Pandey vs State Of Bihar on 7 September, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Rakesh Kumar<\/div>\n<pre>              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10747 OF 2003\n                               ----\n<\/pre>\n<p>            In the matter of an application under Section<br \/>\n            482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,1973.\n<\/p>\n<p>                               &#8212;-\n<\/p>\n<p>          RAJ KUMAR PANDEY SON OF LATE RAM NARAIN PANDEY,<br \/>\n          RESIDENT OF VILLAGE GODIHA, P.LS. KUTUMBA (AMBA) IN<br \/>\n          THE DISTRICT OF AURANGABAD.\n<\/p>\n<pre>                  ...                ...  PETITIONER.\n                              Versus\n     1.   THE STATE OF BIHAR\n<\/pre>\n<p>     2.   SHMBHU PANDEY S\/O CHANDRABHAN PANDEY\n<\/p>\n<p>     3.   BINAY PANDEY\n<\/p>\n<p>     4.   BHAGWAN PANDEY\n<\/p>\n<p>     5.   SUBOTH PANDEY\n<\/p>\n<p>     6.   DEVENDRA PANDEY<br \/>\n          SONS OF SHAMBHU PANDEY, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE GODIHA,<br \/>\n          P.S. AMBA, DISTRICT AURANGABAD.\n<\/p>\n<p>                               &#8212;-\n<\/p>\n<p>          For the Petitioner    : Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Adv.<br \/>\n          For the State         : Mrs.Indu Bala Pandey, A.P.P.\n<\/p>\n<p>                               &#8212;-\n<\/p>\n<p>                          P R E S E N T<\/p>\n<p>             THE HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR\n<\/p>\n<p>                             &#8212;-\n<\/p>\n<p>Rakesh Kumar,J.              The    sole      petitioner,            while    invoking<\/p>\n<p>                  inherent     jurisdiction              of    this     Court       under<\/p>\n<p>                  Section      482       of        the        Code     of     Criminal<\/p>\n<p>                  Procedure,       has     prayed         for    quashing          of   an<\/p>\n<p>                  order   dated      21.1.2003           passed       by    Shri    S.K.<\/p>\n<p>                  Pandey,      Judicial            Magistrate,          Ist        Class,<\/p>\n<p>                  Aurangabad       in    G.O.74          of    1995\/Tr.      No.29       of<\/p>\n<p>                  2003,     whereby       the       learned          Magistrate         has<\/p>\n<p>                  rejected     the       discharge            petition.       In     this<\/p>\n<p>                  case, at the stage of charge, petition was<\/p>\n<p>                  filed   on   behalf         of    the       petitioner      for       his<\/p>\n<p>                  discharge.       However,         the       learned      Magistrate,<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                       2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>by     the     impugned      order,        has    rejected        the<\/p>\n<p>discharge petition.\n<\/p>\n<p>             2. Short fact of the case is that on<\/p>\n<p>the basis of fardbeyan of the petitioner in<\/p>\n<p>the year 1995, an F.I.R. vide Kutumba P.S.<\/p>\n<p>Case No.80 of 1995 was registered on 3.9.1995<\/p>\n<p>for the offence under Sections 147, 148, 149,<\/p>\n<p>448, 380 and 323 of the Indian Penal Code<\/p>\n<p>against       eight       named   accused        persons.    After<\/p>\n<p>registering               F.I.R.,          police          started<\/p>\n<p>investigation. However, during investigation,<\/p>\n<p>the police found the allegation made by the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner in the F.I.R. as un-true and as<\/p>\n<p>such     on       12.10.1995,        a    final     report        was<\/p>\n<p>submitted by the police indicating the case<\/p>\n<p>as un-true. On the same date, a prosecution<\/p>\n<p>report        was      filed      for       prosecuting           the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner for the offence under Sections 182<\/p>\n<p>and    211     of     the    Indian       Penal    Code.      After<\/p>\n<p>filing       of    prosecution        report,      the     learned<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate took cognizance of offence. At the<\/p>\n<p>stage     of      charge,      the       petitioner       filed     a<\/p>\n<p>petition for discharge which was rejected by<\/p>\n<p>order    dated        21.1.2003       passed      by   Sri    S.K.<\/p>\n<p>Pandey,        Judicial        Magistrate,          Ist      Class,<\/p>\n<p>Aurangabad.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                       3<\/span><\/p>\n<pre>           3.        Aggrieved         with        the     order     of\n\nrejection        of         discharge             petition         dated\n\n21.1.2003        passed          by        Shri     S.K.      Pandey,\n\nJudicial     Magistrate,            Ist     Class,        Aurangabad,\n\nthe     petitioner             approached         this     Court     by\n\nfiling    the        present      petition.         On    16.5.2006,\n\nthe   case      was       admitted         for     hearing.       While\n\n<\/pre>\n<p>admitting, it was directed that the interim<\/p>\n<p>order    dated        19.11.2003           shall     continue       and<\/p>\n<p>order of stay is still continuing.<\/p>\n<p>           4.    Shri       Ashok         Kumar    Singh,     learned<\/p>\n<p>counsel         appearing             on     behalf         of      the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner,          while      challenging         the     order    of<\/p>\n<p>rejection of discharge petition, submits that<\/p>\n<p>the   learned         Magistrate,           while        passing    the<\/p>\n<p>impugned         order,           completely             failed       to<\/p>\n<p>appreciate       that       after         filing    of     the    final<\/p>\n<p>report and prosecution report, the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>had     filed    a        protest         petition,       which     was<\/p>\n<p>treated as complaint. However, the complaint<\/p>\n<p>petition        was        rejected          after         conducting<\/p>\n<p>enquiry         on        2.8.1997          by      the       learned<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate.          The       petitioner,         aggrieved       with<\/p>\n<p>the   rejection           of     complaint         petition       under<\/p>\n<p>Section      203          of     the       Code      of      Criminal<\/p>\n<p>Procedure,       preferred            a     revision       vide     Cr.<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                      4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Revision No.77 of 1997 before the court of<\/p>\n<p>learned District and Sessions Judge. Learned<\/p>\n<p>counsel for the petitioner has referred to<\/p>\n<p>Annexure-4 to the petition, which is a copy<\/p>\n<p>of   order     passed        by    the     learned    Additional<\/p>\n<p>District       and       Sessions         Judge-III        in    Cr.<\/p>\n<p>Revision No.77 of 1997 on 12.3.1993. By the<\/p>\n<p>said    order,       the     revision       preferred      by    the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner was allowed and the learned 3rd<\/p>\n<p>Additional Sessions Judge directed the trial<\/p>\n<p>court   to     hear      the      matter    again.    After      the<\/p>\n<p>order     of       revisional           court,      the    learned<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate, on 17.3.1999, took cognizance of<\/p>\n<p>offence in Complaint Case No.673 of 1996\/858<\/p>\n<p>of     1997,       which          was    preferred         by    the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner.           Learned            counsel      for        the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner has further submitted that after<\/p>\n<p>cognizance, charges were also framed against<\/p>\n<p>six accused persons on 8th July,2002. Learned<\/p>\n<p>counsel      for     the     petitioner       has    brought      on<\/p>\n<p>record copy of charges framed against accused<\/p>\n<p>persons as Annexure-5 to the petition. It was<\/p>\n<p>submitted      by     Shri     Singh      that     since    on   the<\/p>\n<p>protest-cum-complaint               petition       filed    by   the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner, trial has already been initiated<\/p>\n<p>against the accused persons, who were made<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                       5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>accused in the F.I.R., which was lodged on<\/p>\n<p>the fardbeyan of the petitioner, the learned<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate was not at all entitled to proceed<\/p>\n<p>with the prosecution of the petitioner for<\/p>\n<p>the offence under Sections 182 and 211 of the<\/p>\n<p>Indian      Penal      Code.       It    was       submitted          that<\/p>\n<p>since    prima        facie       allegation          made       by   the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner in Kutumba P.S. Case No.80 of 1995<\/p>\n<p>has     been     found      true        in     the     protest-cum-<\/p>\n<p>complaint         petition              preferred            by       the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner,         no     offence           can      be    made      out<\/p>\n<p>against the petitioner under Sections 182 and<\/p>\n<p>211 of the Indian Penal Code. Accordingly, it<\/p>\n<p>has   been       prayed      to    set        aside        the    entire<\/p>\n<p>proceeding       in       G.O.74    of       1995\/Tr.        No.29     of<\/p>\n<p>2003 pending before the Judicial Magistrate,<\/p>\n<p>Ist Class, Aurangabad.\n<\/p>\n<p>            5.    Smt.      Indu        Bala    Pandey,          learned<\/p>\n<p>Additional        Public          Prosecutor           appears         on<\/p>\n<p>behalf    of     the      State,        who     has    opposed        the<\/p>\n<p>prayer of the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n<p>            6.    Besides         hearing          learned       counsel<\/p>\n<p>for   the      parties,       I    have        also    perused        the<\/p>\n<p>materials        available         on        record.        Once      the<\/p>\n<p>protest      petition        was     treated          as     complaint<\/p>\n<p>petition, which was filed by the petitioner<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                        6<\/span><\/p>\n<p>and   in    that       case,       learned     Magistrate     has<\/p>\n<p>already proceeded with the trial against the<\/p>\n<p>accused persons, who were made accused in the<\/p>\n<p>F.I.R., which was lodged by the petitioner,<\/p>\n<p>there      is    no        point    to    proceed     with    the<\/p>\n<p>allegation        of       commission     of    offence      under<\/p>\n<p>Sections        182    and    211    of   the    Indian      Penal<\/p>\n<p>Code. The proceeding against the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>in    G.O.74          of    1995\/Tr.No.29        of   2003     is<\/p>\n<p>apparently abuse of the process of the court<\/p>\n<p>and as such with a view to prevent the abuse<\/p>\n<p>of the process of the court, it is necessary<\/p>\n<p>to interfere with the impugned order as well<\/p>\n<p>as entire proceeding.\n<\/p>\n<p>           7. Accordingly, entire proceeding in<\/p>\n<p>G.O.74 of 1995\/Tr. No.29 of 2003 pending in<\/p>\n<p>the court of Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class,<\/p>\n<p>Aurangabad is hereby set aside and petition<\/p>\n<p>stands allowed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                          ( Rakesh Kumar,J.)<\/p>\n<p>PATNA HIGH COURT<br \/>\nDated 7.9.2010<br \/>\nN.A.F.R.\/N.H.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patna High Court Raj Kumar Pandey vs State Of Bihar on 7 September, 2010 Author: Rakesh Kumar CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10747 OF 2003 &#8212;- In the matter of an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,1973. &#8212;- RAJ KUMAR PANDEY SON OF LATE RAM NARAIN PANDEY, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE GODIHA, P.LS. 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