{"id":245199,"date":"2008-09-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-m-nagaraj-vs-state-by-s-i-of-excise-on-24-september-2008"},"modified":"2017-06-22T04:01:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T22:31:49","slug":"k-m-nagaraj-vs-state-by-s-i-of-excise-on-24-september-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-m-nagaraj-vs-state-by-s-i-of-excise-on-24-september-2008","title":{"rendered":"K M Nagaraj vs State By S I Of Excise on 24 September, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
K M Nagaraj vs State By S I Of Excise on 24 September, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: C.R.Kumaraswamy<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ;<ARNATA;g5'f 'f ~\n\nCIRCUIT BENCH AT DHARWAIZ}:  V  \n\nDATED THIS THE 24TH SAY'  .';=:\u00bb;<.i.{:e3   \n\nB8F01\u20acE  ' "\n\nTHE HOEWBLE MR..J1}sjf'I<: E c\u00a7R.;\u00a7u9\u00a2:AvRA%swAr.i:Y\n\nCRIMIN;'\u00a7 }Q"'~PETITH'I"(_)tN"3'~i'{\u00a7'."2\u00a7\u00bb3O\/2{\u00a7O'?vV\n\nBETWEEN:\n\nK.M.Naga--}:aj}.  \nS\/o~ "\n\nCf cg Vijayalakshmi __Ways,\nNea35r_Rama'    _\nHospe';,_    \n\n. . . . Pez\ufb01tioner\n\n(By s."c;...i\u00a7aje\u00a5;1dx\u00a5a Ready, Advocate -- Absent}\n\n, :Vv'_3VN_p_:% \n\n \n\n--    --  tgf Excise,\n.Statc . E. I Bangalore,\n\nReaptti. by S.P.P. High Court\nOf VK;9r11ai:aka,\n\nV " I Bangalore.\n\n"(By Shri P.H.Gotkbjndi, HCGP)\n\n. . . Respondent<\/pre>\n
This criminal petition is \ufb01led under Section 482 of the
\ncm: of Criminal Procedure: by the advocate for the petitioner<\/p>\n
3\/<\/p>\n
praying that this I~io13.’b1c Court may be pleascd\ufb01g\u00e9
\ncharge sheet and order dated 14.09.  b
\nproceedings in C.C.No.1658\/ 2000,”pen.din g o_241″f’i1c.Gfii;’*1’c: ‘<\/p>\n
1 Additional J.M.F.C., Bagalkot.\n<\/p>\n
This criminal pc:titiotL__<'\u00e9<:~.mi13.g 'on_  <\/p>\n
day, the Court ma\ufb01a the fo\ufb01aw\ufb01iigi <\/p>\n
……..__………_–………..<\/p>\n
%\u00a2nnggj*;;\n<\/p>\n
This  ‘.is1.1f%.1g.g;r,1″‘i1\u00a7;~;.&:1’:\u00e9r Section 482 of the<\/p>\n
Code of b_$?’_’th”c \u00e9dvocate for the petitioner
\nprayifig th\u00e9gt  to quash the charge sheet
\nand OIIi(;:\u00a7\u00ab.._4 _( 1af,e;i -_’1 i<L_(}\u20ac),."T2;'OO6 and further pmcecdings in<\/p>\n
C.vCi:A;V;){'i5S58\/\u00a7f}\u20ac}0V,'___1;zm:}.<;iiz1g on the  of the I Additionai<\/p>\n
. \u00ab,.\n<\/p>\n
  . ig\u00e9gaxned counsel for the petitioner is absent.<\/p>\n
   .High Court Government Pleader is present. I have<\/p>\n
‘  the learned High Court Government Plcader. Perused<\/p>\n
   records. Q\/’<\/p>\n
3. it is a\ufb01eged that on 05.}1.}996,V.\u00ab.._1}ii{ie)fe..Vithe<\/p>\n
supervision of Deputy Superintendent of Exei\u00e9e,  <\/p>\n
Inspector of Excise, State Exei\u00e9e”–\u00abInt\u00a3:\ufb02igeiiee_ B:1i?e\u00e9;a, 9<\/p>\n
Bangalore, along with his sta\ufb01” teas   <\/p>\n
Bagaikot Road. He received-gffgdible.V’iI1f0rt1;ia!;io;\ufb01i’\u00e9I\u00a73s0iit the<\/p>\n
illegal transgioxtation of  He’ \u00e9:o1}.r:cteii panchas
\nand while conducting    panchas at the
\nplace :i.e., in  of   Co~operative<\/p>\n
Bank   they stopped a<\/p>\n
Lorry” ” ta ” ‘*2 be\u00e9;;ing~.ere:gi$tr:a:2ioi1 No.KA~3S-1899 coming
\nfrom  Beigalkot and conducted a Search
\nof the   found that the maker contained<\/p>\n
 oI”:eet;_i\ufb01ed spiiit.\n<\/p>\n
 grounds urged in this petition ape that there is<\/p>\n
 ._ _fae:ie”‘ease agajicast the petitioner. Accused 110.}. was<\/p>\n
fo’und-.,’d’rivi31g the vehicle. The petitioner was not found in the<\/p>\n
 A. lo’ny.”*’I\u00a2’he petitioner is the registered owner of the lorry.<\/p>\n
i”AV_iV’i’h-erefoxe, he was implicated in the case. The petitioner<\/p>\n
 cannot be prosecuted, for o\ufb01ences punishable under Sections<\/p>\n
,g,\/<\/p>\n
32, 34, 38A of the Excise Act. There is no
\ncharge sheet that petitioner imewifglgly   _ <\/p>\n
tanker to be used for the   <\/p>\n
other person for the e\ufb01enee-..1pm\ufb01\u00e9h;;ib1e
\nand 34 of the Karnataka    p I\u00a7OViSiOnS of
\nSection 54 were met  tehe petitioner
\nseeks to quash the  14.09.2000<\/p>\n
and \ufb01n1hen’pi:’;eeedii}_gs\u20aci11″‘C1.”C.\u00a7I<\u00a7–;'1<'3%\/ 2000.<\/p>\n
Z V."  7f \u00bb \u00a7V\u00a7:\u00a7t}11rt'._'*'VCV36i'reII2meJ3t Pleader submitted
\nthat  \u00a5:he:r6_ is  in seeking for quashing of the
\ncharge eheet"andv..ofd_er'~=3a1ted 14.09.2000. He also submitted<\/p>\n
  ease  progress since this matter is pending<\/p>\n
'  vbefer:-._ V.\n<\/p>\n
 H   this case, it is pleaded by the petitioner himself<\/p>\n
  ” that eharge sheet has been \ufb01led against him. Filing of the
\n sheet amounts to garima facie case against the<\/p>\n
petitioner. The power of quashing the criminal proceedings<\/p>\n
should be exercised very sparingly and with cireilmspee\ufb01en<\/p>\n
Q\/’<\/p>\n
and that am in the rarest of rare cases. This is nr:t”a:.faf’egt of<\/p>\n
rare case, Wham this Court can exercise the.A4’i}3h8;4\u20ac%{it’*~{3;%s1ver<\/p>\n
to quash the criminal prnccedings.._Tht:1v\u00e9:.f-5:95  _ <\/p>\n
petition is devoid of merit    rgnk
\ndismissed. V\n<\/p>\n
7. In View of \ufb02.1’\ufb01’\u20acf..,q}Z)\u20ac)\\:’f\u20ac’\u00a7…(ii’ASC.:”3.:’13-g};i3:\u00a7I’}., i pz\u00e9{s’s the foiiow\ufb01ngz
\n3\u00bb -C\ufb01\ufb02\ufb01\ufb01f”\n<\/p>\n
J ‘I’his~  p\u00e9ii\ufb01on is Elismissed.\n<\/p>\n
Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n
Judge<\/p>\n
Kms*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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