{"id":229262,"date":"2010-02-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/patel-vs-the-on-11-february-2010"},"modified":"2018-02-19T11:05:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T05:35:49","slug":"patel-vs-the-on-11-february-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/patel-vs-the-on-11-february-2010","title":{"rendered":"Patel vs The on 11 February, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Patel vs The on 11 February, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Z.K.Saiyed,&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\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nCR.A\/470\/2009\t 7\/ 7\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\nAPPEAL No. 470 of 2009\n \n\n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nPATEL\nKACHARABHAI PRABHUDAS - Appellant(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSTATE\nOF GUJARAT &amp; 1 - Opponent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nMR\nPRATIK B BAROT for\nAppellant(s) : 1, \nMR HL JANI, APP for Opponent(s) : 1, \nMR\nRAKESH R PATEL for Opponent(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 Z.K.SAIYED\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\nDate\n: 11\/02\/2010 \n\n \n\n \nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>The<br \/>\n\tappellant   original complainant has preferred this Appeal under<br \/>\n\tSection 374(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure against the<br \/>\n\tJudgment and order dated 06.02.2009 passed by the learned Judicial<br \/>\n\tMagistrate, First Class, Mehsana, in Criminal Case No. 3962 of 2004<br \/>\n\twhereby the learned Magistrate has acquitted the respondent<br \/>\n\taccused from the charges levelled against her.\n<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\n\tshort facts of the prosecution case is that the present respondent<br \/>\n\tNo.2   accused and her husband were having good terms with the son<br \/>\n\tof complainant and were usually dealing in money transactions with<br \/>\n\tthem in past. It is alleged that taking an advantage of good<br \/>\n\trelations the respondent No.2 had borrowed the sum of Rs.2,00,000\/-<br \/>\n\tfrom the original complainant, against which the respondent No.2 had<br \/>\n\tissued cheque of Rs.2,00,000\/- dated 29.6.2004. It is alleged that<br \/>\n\tthe said cheque deposited in the bank  was returned with an<br \/>\n\tendorsement  balance insufficient   stop payment  on<br \/>\n\t12.7.2004. Therefore, the Notice was issued by the complainant to<br \/>\n\tthe accused on 23.7.2004, however, the accused have not paid the<br \/>\n\tsaid amount.  Thereafter the appellant   complainant filed<br \/>\n\tcomplaint against the accused for the offence under Section 138 of<br \/>\n\tthe Negotiable Instrument Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter<br \/>\n\tthe trial was conducted before the learned Magistrate. The<br \/>\n\tprosecution has examined the witnesses and also relied upon the<br \/>\n\tdocumentary evidence. After considering the oral as well as<br \/>\n\tdocumentary evidence the learned Magistrate has acquitted the<br \/>\n\trespondent No.2   accused from the charge alleged against her,<br \/>\n\tvide Judgment and order dated 6.2.2009.\n<\/p>\n<p>Against<br \/>\n\tthe said Judgment and order dated 6.2.2009 passed by the learned<br \/>\n\tMagistrate in Criminal Case No. 3962 of 2004, the appellant<br \/>\n\toriginal complainant had preferred the above mentioned Criminal<br \/>\n\tAppeal.\n<\/p>\n<p>I<br \/>\n\thave heard learned Advocate Mr. Pratik Barot, appearing on behalf of<br \/>\n\tthe appellant   original complainant and learned APP Mr. H.L.<br \/>\n\tJani, appearing on behalf of the respondent   State. I  have also<br \/>\n\tgone through the papers and the Judgment and order passed by the<br \/>\n\tCourt below.\n<\/p>\n<p>Learned<br \/>\n\tAdvocate for the appellant has taken me through the oral as well as<br \/>\n\tdocumentary evidence and contended that from the above evidence it<br \/>\n\tis established that the prosecution has successfully proved its case<br \/>\n\tbeyond reasonable doubt.  He has contended that on account of good<br \/>\n\trelation between the complainant and the accused and as the accused<br \/>\n\twas in need of money the amount was given to the accused and for<br \/>\n\tthat purpose only the accused had issued the cheque to the<br \/>\n\tcomplainant.  He, therefore, contended that the Judgment and order<br \/>\n\tpassed by the learned Magistrate is without appreciating the facts<br \/>\n\tand evidence on record.\n<\/p>\n<p>I<br \/>\n\thave gone through the Judgment of the trial Court. I have also<br \/>\n\tperused the reasons assigned by the learned Magistrate.\n<\/p>\n<p>At<br \/>\n\tthe outset it is required to be noted that the principles which<br \/>\n\twould govern and regulate the hearing of appeal by this Court<br \/>\n\tagainst an order of acquittal passed by the trial Court have been<br \/>\n\tvery succinctly explained by the Apex Court in a catena of<br \/>\n\tdecisions. In the case of<br \/>\n\tM.S. Narayana Menon @ Mani Vs. State of Kerala &amp; Anr, reported<br \/>\n\tin (2006)6 SCC, 39,<br \/>\n\tthe Apex Court has narrated about the powers of the High Court in<br \/>\n\tappeal against the order of acquittal. In para 54 of the decision,<br \/>\n\tthe Apex Court has observed as under:\n<\/p>\n<p> 54.<br \/>\n\t In any event the High Court entertained an appeal treating to be an<br \/>\n\tappeal against acquittal, it was in fact exercising the revisional<br \/>\n\tjurisdiction. Even while exercising an appellate power against a<br \/>\n\tjudgement of acquittal, the High Court should have borne in mind the<br \/>\n\twell-settled principles of law that where two view are possible, the<br \/>\n\tappellate court should not interfere with the finding of acquittal<br \/>\n\trecorded by the court below.\n<\/p>\n<p>Further,<br \/>\n\tin the case of Chandrappa<br \/>\n\tVs. State of Karnataka, reported in (2007)4 SCC 415<br \/>\n\tthe Apex Court laid down the following principles:\n<\/p>\n<p> 42.\tFrom<br \/>\nthe above decisions, in our considered view, the following general<br \/>\nprinciples regarding powers of the appellate court while dealing with<br \/>\nan appeal against an order of acquittal emerge:\n<\/p>\n<p>[1]\tAn<br \/>\nappellate court has full power to review, reappreciate and reconsider<br \/>\nthe evidence upon which the order of acquittal is founded.\n<\/p>\n<p>[2]\tThe<br \/>\nCode of Criminal Procedure, 1973 puts no limitation, restriction or<br \/>\ncondition on exercise of such power and an appellate court on the<br \/>\nevidence before it may reach its own conclusion, both on questions of<br \/>\nfact and of law.\n<\/p>\n<p>[3]\tVarious<br \/>\nexpressions, such as,  substantial and compelling reasons ,  good<br \/>\nand sufficient grounds ,  very strong circumstances ,<br \/>\n distorted conclusions ,  glaring mistakes , etc. are not<br \/>\nintended to curtain extensive powers of an appellate court in an<br \/>\nappeal against acquittal. Such phraseologies are more in the nature<br \/>\nof  flourishes of language  to emphasis the reluctance of an<br \/>\nappellate court to interfere with acquittal than to curtail the power<br \/>\nof the court to review the evidence and to come to its own<br \/>\nconclusion.\n<\/p>\n<p>[4]\tAn<br \/>\nappellate court, however, must bear in mind that in case of acquittal<br \/>\nthere is double presumption in favour of the accused. Firstly, the<br \/>\npresumption of innocence is available to him under the fundamental<br \/>\nprinciple of criminal jurisprudence that every person shall be<br \/>\npresumed to be innocent unless he is proved guilty by a competent<br \/>\ncourt of law. Secondly, the accused having secured his acquittal, the<br \/>\npresumption of his innocence is further reinforced, reaffirmed and<br \/>\nstrengthened by the trial court.\n<\/p>\n<p>[5]\tIf<br \/>\ntwo reasonable conclusions are possible on the basis of the evidence<br \/>\non record, the appellate court should not disturb the finding of<br \/>\nacquittal recorded by the trial court.\n<\/p>\n<p>Thus,<br \/>\n\tit is a settled principle that while exercising appellate power,<br \/>\n\teven if two reasonable conclusions are possible on the basis of the<br \/>\n\tevidence on record, the appellate court should not disturb the<br \/>\n\tfinding  of acquittal recorded by the court below.\n<\/p>\n<p>Even<br \/>\n\tin a recent decision of the Apex Court in the case of <a href=\"\/doc\/585040\/\">State<br \/>\n\tof Goa V. Sanjay Thakran &amp; Anr. Reported<\/a> in (2007)3 SCC 75,<br \/>\n\tthe  Court has reiterated the powers of the High Court in such<br \/>\n\tcases, more particularly, Para &#8211; 16 of the said decision.\n<\/p>\n<p>Similar<br \/>\n\tprinciple has been laid down by the Apex  Court in the cases of<br \/>\n\tState of<br \/>\n\tUttar Pradesh Vs. Ram Veer Singh &amp; Ors, reported in 2007 AIR SCW<br \/>\n\t5553 and<br \/>\n\tin Girja<br \/>\n\tPrasad (Dead) by LRs Vs. state of MP, reported in 2007 AIR SCW 5589.<br \/>\n\tThus, the powers which this Court may exercise against an order of<br \/>\n\tacquittal are well settled.\n<\/p>\n<p>Thus,<br \/>\n\tin case the  appellate court agrees with the reasons and the opinion<br \/>\n\tgiven by the lower court, then the discussion of evidence is not<br \/>\n\tnecessary.\n<\/p>\n<p>I<br \/>\n\thave gone through the judgment and order passed by the trial court.<br \/>\n\tI have also perused the oral as well as documentary evidence led<br \/>\n\tbefore the court below and also considered the submissions made by<br \/>\n\tlearned Advocate for the appellant. On going through the record it<br \/>\n\tis clearly established that the complainant is not having any money<br \/>\n\tlending licence. Learned Advocate for the appellant is not in a<br \/>\n\tposition to convince this Court about the alleged transaction<br \/>\n\tbetween the complainant and the accused. He is also not in a<br \/>\n\tposition to convince this Court that the prosecution has proved the<br \/>\n\tmain ingredients of Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act.<br \/>\n\tWhen the person is not having money lending licence then he cannot<br \/>\n\tdeal with money transaction.\n<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\n\ttrial court has, after appreciating the oral as well as documentary<br \/>\n\tevidence, has clearly found that when the transaction itself creates<br \/>\n\tdoubt then certainly the benefit will goes in favour of accused. The<br \/>\n\ttrial court has also found that the prosecution has not proved the<br \/>\n\tlegal dues. The trial Court has also found that from the deposition<br \/>\n\tof the witness it is not proved that the accused has borrowed the<br \/>\n\tmoney from the complainant. Nothing is produced on record to rebut<br \/>\n\tthe concrete findings of the trial Court.\n<\/p>\n<p>Thus,<br \/>\n\tthe appellant could not bring home the charge against<br \/>\n\tthe respondent   accused in the present Appeal. The prosecution<br \/>\n\thas miserably failed to prove the case against the appellant<br \/>\n\taccused.  Thus, from the evidence itself it is established that the<br \/>\n\tprosecution has not proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.\n<\/p>\n<p>Learned<br \/>\n\tAdvocate for the appellant is not in a position to show any evidence<br \/>\n\tto take a contrary view in the matter or that the approach of the<br \/>\n\ttrial court is vitiated by some manifest illegality or that the<br \/>\n\tdecision is perverse or that the trial court has ignored the<br \/>\n\tmaterial evidence on record.\n<\/p>\n<p>In<br \/>\n\tabove view of the matter, I am of the considered opinion that the<br \/>\n\ttrial court was completely justified in not believing the case of<br \/>\n\tthe prosecution and acquitting the respondent   accused of the<br \/>\n\tcharges leveled against him. I find that the findings recorded by<br \/>\n\tthe trial court are absolutely just and proper and in recording the<br \/>\n\tsaid findings, no illegality or infirmity has been committed by it.\n<\/p>\n<p>I<br \/>\n\tam, therefore, in complete agreement with the findings, ultimate<br \/>\n\tconclusion and the resultant order of acquittal recorded by the<br \/>\n\tcourt below and hence find no reasons to interfere with the same.<br \/>\n\tHence the appeal is hereby dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>20.\tIn<br \/>\nview of above the Appeal is dismissed. The judgment and order dated<br \/>\n06.02.2009 passed by the learned Magistrate, in Criminal Case No.3962<br \/>\nof 2009,  is hereby confirmed.  Bail bonds,<br \/>\nif any, shall stand cancelled.\tR &amp; P may be sent back to the<br \/>\ntrial Court.\n<\/p>\n<p>(Z.K.SAIYED,<br \/>\nJ.)<\/p>\n<p>sas<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Patel vs The on 11 February, 2010 Author: Z.K.Saiyed,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print CR.A\/470\/2009 7\/ 7 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 470 of 2009 ========================================================= PATEL KACHARABHAI PRABHUDAS &#8211; Appellant(s) Versus STATE OF GUJARAT &amp; 1 &#8211; Opponent(s) ========================================================= Appearance : MR [&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-229262","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 v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Patel vs The on 11 February, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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