{"id":266495,"date":"2009-08-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ms-himatsingka-seide-ltd-vs-sri-shambappa-so-basappa-on-27-august-2009"},"modified":"2015-01-22T17:46:26","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T12:16:26","slug":"ms-himatsingka-seide-ltd-vs-sri-shambappa-so-basappa-on-27-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ms-himatsingka-seide-ltd-vs-sri-shambappa-so-basappa-on-27-august-2009","title":{"rendered":"M\/S Himatsingka Seide Ltd., vs Sri Shambappa S\/O Basappa on 27 August, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">M\/S Himatsingka Seide Ltd., vs Sri Shambappa S\/O Basappa on 27 August, 2009<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Subhash B.Adi<\/div>\n<p id=\"p_1\">IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE<\/p>\n<p>DATED THIS THE 27th DAY OF&#8217; AUGUST, 2009.-.___<br \/>\nBEFORE O O<br \/>\nTHE HON&#8217;BLE MR.J{}STICE SGBHASH.E:;~ADi:&#8217;V&#8217;.   *<br \/>\nCRIMINAL PETITION N-&#8216;D~,\u00bb4.._175\/.?&#8217;C\ufb02\u00e9\u00a7:V&#8217;~&#8217;I,<br \/>\nBETWEEN: V O O O  O V<\/p>\n<p>1 M \/S HIMATSINGKA SEIDE LTD,  . ._ &#8211;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">No.2\/1, MLDFORD GARDENS,&#8217; M. G. ROAD,\u00bb<br \/>\nBANGALORE, REPTD. BY ITS MANAGING &#8216; ~<br \/>\nDIRECTOR, MR.DINE3SH H1,MA&#8217;1*S__R1G1x:A<br \/>\nC \/O M \/S. HIMATSINGFA SEIDE. LIMITED<br \/>\nNo.10\/24, KUMARA KRUPAR(7)AD,_ A 3 , &#8221; &#8211;.<br \/>\nHIGH GROUNDS, BANQALORE-560&#8243;Q0V1~;._&#8217;jv .. <\/p>\n<p id=\"p_2\">\n2 SR1 ADITYA HRy:ATS\u00a3_NO-RA&#8217;<br \/>\nEXECUT-IVE DQIRECTCR     . ,<br \/>\nC \/O. M\/S._.H1MATSING&#8217;jR.A&#8217;:&#8217;3El33E~_LRv11&#8217;I&#8217;ED<br \/>\nNO. 10 \/24,&#8221;&#8216;KfJ\u00a7\\\/EARA&#8217;*KRE}PA_ ROAD, HIGH<br \/>\nGRO&#8217;URDS, BAN:GAL&#8217;ORE&#8211;560&#8243;&#8216;G0&#8217;1.<\/p>\n<p>3 SRE. MOHAN RAO Ex&#8211;&#8220;RRE&#8217;s1DENT ,<br \/>\nHIMA.TSINGKA FILATI ..gDm&#8217;S1ON OF<br \/>\nHLMA&#8217;TS1RGKA_ SEIDE LTD)<\/p>\n<p>Cgo M \/S. VHIMATSINGKA SEIDE LIMITED,<br \/>\n, ._\u00a7NO.1O\/24, KEJMARA KRUPA ROAD,\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_3\">&#8211;  HIGH GROUND&#8217;S&#8217;;&#8217;BANGALORE-56O 001.<\/p>\n<p>  V&#8217; &#8221; -A SRLR. CHfN&#8211;3IARA.J<\/p>\n<p>  PRESIDENT A FINANCE COMP.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_4\">. &#8220;~wSECRE:*ARY C\/O. M\/S<br \/>\n H1MATSj:.NGKA SEIDE LIMITED, NO. 10 \/24<br \/>\n&#8216;KUMARA KRUPA ROAD, HIGH GROUNDS<br \/>\nBANGALORE-560 001.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_5\"> V &#8220;SR1 ALOK AGARWAL, EXECUTIVE<\/p>\n<p>O &#8216; &#8220;C\/O M\/S HIMATSINGKA SEIDE LIMITED<br \/>\nNO.10\/24, KUMARA KRUPA ROAD,<br \/>\nHIGH GROUNDS, BANGALORE&#8211;56O O01.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_6\"> PETITIONERS<\/p>\n<p>(By Sri RAVI B.NAIK, SENIOR COUNSEL<br \/>\nFOR M\/S. KHAITAN 85 CO.)<\/p>\n<p>1 SRI SI-IAMBAPPA S \/O BASAPPA<br \/>\nAGED ABOUT 46 YEARS R\/O. NO.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_7\">1625, &#8220;lI)&#8221; BLOCK, 2ND MAIN, Acs LAYOUT<br \/>\nKINDALAHALLI POST, BANGALORE.  &#8216; \u00bb   &#8221; ,<\/p>\n<p> : REsRO.ND-ENT<\/p>\n<p>cRL.R FILED U\/S.482 CR.P.C BY THE ADvcr.cATE,,_EOR,.THE\u00bb<br \/>\nPETITIONERS PRAYING THAT THIS H,ON&#8217;BLE&#8221;&#8221;cOUfRT&#8221;=.M~AY  BEA<br \/>\nPLEASED TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 21.:zO*0.7&#8217;RAS_LSEVDT l:3Y &#8216;<\/p>\n<p>THE X&#8211;ADDL.C.C.M., BANGALORE, IN C&#8217;.\u00abC.i\\I.O:2234\u00e9.\/.200 1, A1\u00a7iD_THE<\/p>\n<p>ORDER DATED 3.1.2009 PASSED BY THE. CRL.RI&gt;;.&#8217;2;'&lt;3e.5_1\/H2.:i)07 IV}<\/p>\n<p>ADDLCITY CIVIL 8!. SESSIO1\\\u00a7Sl&quot;..JUDGE,l&quot; ~M&#039;A&#039;i&#039;~O HALL UNIT,<br \/>\nBANGALORE. I        .. ..\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_8\">TI-HS PETITION CC)IviIl&#8217;JG &#8216;ON;_EOR._&#8217;ORDERS THIS DAY, THE<br \/>\nCOURT MADE THE EOLLOWING;  &#8216;   &#8216;<\/p>\n<p>,,lI\u00absIXQE_1;ElE<br \/>\nPetlitipnersare NOs.1 to 5 in C.C.NO.22346\/2001<\/p>\n<p>pendirjgon  file Of  l\ufb01ddl. C.M.M., Bangalore City.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_1\"> 4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1&#8242;!<\/p>\n<p>._l3\u20acespuOndent has \ufb01led a private complaint under Section<\/p>\n<p>\u00a7{)_O&#8221;l.Of  an Offence punishable under Sections 323,<\/p>\n<p>V _ 341,&#8221;&#8216;342v&#8211;,&#8217;:35v5&#8243;, 387, 417, 419, 420, A26, 440, 506E r\/W Sections<\/p>\n<p>.  .24, .25, 26 and 34 Of the <a href=\"\/doc\/1569253\/\" id=\"a_1\">IPC<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_9\">  The learned Magistrate after recording sworn Statement<\/p>\n<p> and considering the material produced by the complainant,<\/p>\n<p>Ordered for issue Of summons and now posted for evidence.<\/p>\n<p>%k\u00a3&#8217;-\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_10\">M&#8221;?\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_11\">\n<p><a href=\"\/doc\/788840\/\" id=\"a_1\">Section 91<\/a> of Cr.P.C. seeking summoning the alleged M.O.U.<br \/>\nfrom the accused No. 1, the said application was rejected&#8211;with an<\/p>\n<p>observation that; when the accused do not <\/p>\n<p>document, question of directing the accused persons <\/p>\n<p>the said documents does not arise and also on  that,&#8217; . 6<\/p>\n<p>the accused cannot be directed to of<\/p>\n<p>Understanding to prove thecase ofithe ico1i:1piainai.nt.&#8217; This<\/p>\n<p>observation is also reiterated .revi_sional&#8217; &#8216;C,ourt.i\u00a7in its order<br \/>\nat paragraph 8 of the  p _  it 6<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;7. The lear11.ed   siubimitted that, such<br \/>\nobservation   illeiiiuriher submitted that,<br \/>\nwhen   is not proved by the<br \/>\ncomplair1gnt,i_   of Xerox copy as secondary<br \/>\nevidence  se it &#8216; <\/p>\n<p>  reliedioi the provisions of <a href=\"\/doc\/25696977\/\" id=\"a_2\">Sections 63<\/a> and <a href=\"\/doc\/25696977\/\" id=\"a_3\">65<\/a> of the<\/p>\n<p> E\\vvide&#8217;nce-inlet,&#8221;andrsubmitted that, <a href=\"\/doc\/487818\/\" id=\"a_4\">Section 65<\/a> of the Evidence Act<\/p>\n<p>andpisubmit&#8217;ted..i:&#8217;that, secondary evidence may be given of the<\/p>\n<p>6V,existenceiigcondition or contents of a document subject to, when<br \/>\nflthie original is shown or appears to be in the possession or power<br \/>\n&#8216;  ofgthe person against whom the document is sought to be<\/p>\n<p> proved, or of any person out of reach of, or not subject to, the<\/p>\n<p>process of the court, or of any person legally bound to produce it<\/p>\n<p>and when, after the notice mentioned in <a href=\"\/doc\/25696977\/\" id=\"a_5\">Section 66<\/a>, such person<\/p>\n<p>that rule only means that, so long as the higher or<br \/>\nsuperior evidence is within your possession or_..__<br \/>\nmay be reached by our, you shall give no infer_io.r_i<br \/>\nproof in reiation to it. <a href=\"\/doc\/25696977\/\" id=\"a_6\">Section 55<\/a> deals<br \/>\nproof of the contents of the documents tendered.  ii&#8221; i<br \/>\nevidence. In order to enable a party<br \/>\nsecondary evidence it is necessary  it<br \/>\nto prove existence and execution 6,? the yoiiiglinal<br \/>\ndocument. Under Section &#8220;~docurnents&#8211;ar&#8221;e<br \/>\nprovided by primary e_v_idence_,_ Sectioin<br \/>\nhowever permits se_co.ndciry be given<\/p>\n<p>of the existence, i iic\u00a2nd:=vzt5n&#8217;   of<br \/>\ndocuments under the&#8221;   mentioned.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_12\">The conditioris in..theisaid&#8221;&#8216;Section must<\/p>\n<p>be  :&#8221;sejcon&#8217;dary&#8217;*.\u00a7evidence can be<br \/>\nadinittedf;Sectiridai&#8221;yy evidence of the contents of a<br \/>\ndocument V &#8220;paninot i i  _ admitted without non-<br \/>\nproduction of_theA&#8217;oriyinaE&#8221;ibeing first accounted for<br \/>\nin_such&#8217;a manr;-.eri&#8217;asi bring it within one or other<\/p>\n<p>  the cases provided for in the Section.<\/p>\n<p>   submitted that, when primary evidence<\/p>\n<p>iiicould not h_e&#8217;giiren, the secondary evidence is given, and that<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_13\">&#8211;.  he done only on ful\ufb01ilment of the requirement of the<\/p>\n<p>iproxiisionis of <a href=\"\/doc\/487818\/\" id=\"a_7\">Section 65<\/a> of the Evidence Act.<\/p>\n<p>V  13. He also relied on another judgment reported in AIR<\/p>\n<p> 2004 SC 4082 in the matter of SMTDAYAMATHI BAI VS.<\/p>\n<p>K.M.SHAFFI and submit that, the objection has to be raised<\/p>\n<p>when the document is taken on record and no objection couid be<br \/>\nraised at a iater stage. It is in this context, he submitted that,<br \/>\nwhen the compiainant in the witness box has submitted<br \/>\nwants to produce secondary evidence and mark it,  .<\/p>\n<p>has been raised by the accused.   ._<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_14\">14. Law requires that, best avai.ia&#8217;bie evidence&#8221;<br \/>\nproduced. If the primary evidence is:\u00a7vs_11a51e;  given<br \/>\nfirst. in the absence of th&#8217;e..y_&#8221;prim&#8217;ary &#8216;secondary<br \/>\nevidence may be given. It is  .i_&#8217;avv&#8217;_that documents<br \/>\nhave to be proved pg documents are<br \/>\nadmissible, soinieiiijreaiuired according to the law.<br \/>\nHowever, *  itseifvicould not be produced,<br \/>\nsecondary evidence.  .\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_15\">1,3.&#8217; Secondaiyy\ufb02eviidence is defined under <a href=\"\/doc\/1456410\/\" id=\"a_8\">Section 63<\/a> of the<\/p>\n<p>  vvhich reads as under:\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_16\"> _ &#8216;3._eCtioii&#8221;6_3:ri.Secondary evidence means and includes:<br \/>\n(L) cej&#8217;rty&#8217;-\u00a7e&#8217;d copies given under the provision<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;hereinafter contained;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_17\">it &#8216;{2}; copies made from the original by mechanical<br \/>\nprocesses which in themselves ensure the accuracy<\/p>\n<p>of the copy, and copies compared with such copies;<\/p>\n<p>(3) copies made from or compared with the original;<\/p>\n<p>Court or of any person legally bound to produce it,<br \/>\nand when after the notice mentioned in <a href=\"\/doc\/850939\/\" id=\"a_9\">Section 66<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>such person does not produce it;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_18\">(b) When the existence, condition or<br \/>\noriginal have been proved to be admittedin it<br \/>\nby the person against whom; it &#8216;is.pri)ved  his <\/p>\n<p>representative in interest;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_19\">(c) When the original has&#8217;-been destroyed&#8221;.:or&#8221;~&#8211;;lost, &#8216;or<br \/>\nwhen the party offe1i\ufb02Q.:Vil\u00a7:\u00bbi2_idence&#8217;of. cbntents<br \/>\ncannot, for any A..4_other 5_:reason._g_ no&#8217;t,arising from his<br \/>\nown default or neglect;&#8217;produceifitl  reasonable<\/p>\n<p>time;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_20\">(d)   &#8220;of  a nature as not to be<\/p>\n<p>.\u00bbeasi.ly&#8217;movable,&#8217;   l<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_21\">(e) lWhe.n the gii public document within the<\/p>\n<p>meaning 4;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_22\"> ;_H:7l&#8217;Lt?_n the&#8217;long&#8211;iri&#8217;al is a document of which a certi\ufb01ed<br \/>\n,cepy_is.pennitt$e\u00a7d by this Act, or by any other law in<\/p>\n<p>A &#8220;force (India), to be given in evidence;<\/p>\n<p>big)  the originals consist of numerous accounts or<br \/>\n&#8220;other documents which cannot conveniently be<br \/>\nexamined in Court and the fact to be- proved is the<\/p>\n<p>general result of the whole collection.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_23\">19. Contents of document could be given by secondary<br \/>\nevidence under <a href=\"\/doc\/487818\/\" id=\"a_10\">Section 65<\/a> (a){c) and (d), inasmuch as when the<\/p>\n<p>document is in possession or power which cannot be produced<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_1\">-10-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>through process of the Court or person is not legally bound to<br \/>\nproduce, or when original is destroyed or original cannot be<br \/>\nmoved from the place. However, if condition or contents-._ia&#8211;:e<\/p>\n<p>admitted, secondary evidence could be given.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_24\">20. in case the document is public doc.u&#8217;meri&#8217;t- .or&#8211;certi\ufb01ed\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>copy as permitted by law or by the evidence of person <\/p>\n<p>examined and who is skilled in theiiercamination of document.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_25\">21. To prove the  the party must<br \/>\nadduce evidence  <a href=\"\/doc\/1953529\/\" id=\"a_11\">Evidence Act<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_26\">However, in this    The learned<br \/>\nMagistrate_h_as the Xerox copy of the<\/p>\n<p>M.O.U. subject &lt;of&#039;e.;\u00a7iste11ce of the original.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_27\">22. Unidisputedly,itheapplication \ufb01led by the complainant<\/p>\n<p>  regai&#8217;=:ds  summoningvof the document from the accused has<\/p>\n<p>i7&#8242;.:)eeIii&#8217;1&#8217;eiee.tedarid.__thereafter the complainant has entered into<\/p>\n<p>thexvitixliessibioxriburing the course of evidence, the complainant<\/p>\n<p>has statedltphati, M.O.U. be permitted to be marked as secondaiy<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;\u00a7&#8217;\\!idl&#8217;:\u00a7&#8217;I1&#8217;\u20ac3.'(i&#8217;.  that stage, the Court has passed the following<\/p>\n<p>v .i.ord:er.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_28\">&#8220;Objections raised by the accused for marking of<br \/>\nxerox copy of M.O.U. is hereby rejected. The<br \/>\ncomplainant is permitted to lead secondary<br \/>\nevidence by producing xerox copy of M.O.U.<br \/>\nsubject to proof of existence of original M. O. U. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_2\">-11-<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_29\">23. From the order dated 23.5.2009 what appears is that,<br \/>\nneither the complainant has produced the xerox copy the<br \/>\nM.O.U. nor the original has been produced. At this stage;<br \/>\nhas been passed. The learned Judge has  &#8216;<br \/>\nmentioned that the xerox copy to  tog ii<br \/>\nexistence of the original M.O.U. in this<br \/>\nxerox copy is produced and even__v:i:etorei&#8217;the coniplainvant&#8211;&#8216;ilhas 2 i&#8217;<br \/>\nmade effort to prove the__existencejg&#8217;~of*~original.:i\u00a7d.QiEU., this<br \/>\nCriminal Petition has been  in a judgment<br \/>\nrelied by the learned. genie;-is-ce1ifnsie&#8211;1_At&#8217;o_rlithe held that,<br \/>\nthe existence of.  ieiiistence in terms of<br \/>\nSection ot    be disputed that the<br \/>\nexistence   there, otherwise there cannot<\/p>\n<p>be any secondary eividencei~.._No secondary evidence is exists<\/p>\n<p>withoutgtheggorigirialg.  under the circumstances when it is<\/p>\n<p> producemthe original for the reason stated under<\/p>\n<p>   the <a href=\"\/doc\/1953529\/\" id=\"a_12\">Evidence Act<\/a>. In this case, the learned<\/p>\n<p>A  Magistrate: has fonly permitted the complainant to produce the<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_30\">-. .jf&#8221;f.s;ieroA&gt;&lt;gcopy, subject to existence of the original. if there is no<\/p>\n<p>&quot;&#039;origii&#039;1.al_,i.&#8211;&#039; if the original itself is not in existence, it is for the<\/p>\n<p>i  corvnplainant to produce the original to show from the evidence<\/p>\n<p>   the condition and contents of the document by establishing one<\/p>\n<p>of the circumstances under <a href=\"\/doc\/487818\/\" id=\"a_13\">Section 65<\/a> of the Act.<\/p>\n<p>%,,_;1<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_3\">-19-<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_31\">24. in this case, so far, neither the xerox coy is produced<\/p>\n<p>nor any document is marked. From the order of the learned<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate, it is clear that, the burden is on the compi&#8217;aina&#8217;nti&#8217;to<\/p>\n<p>produce evidence to show the existence of the  V&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>the existence is shown, the further question. of n1ar14&lt;in;g_&quot;arise:s. it<\/p>\n<p>is needless to mention that, every secoinda&#8211;r_fy&quot;evidence has&#039; <\/p>\n<p>proved in accordance with the provisions of VSectiovns&quot;&#039;t63~and 65 &quot; V<\/p>\n<p>of the Evidence Act.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_32\">Since that stage hasiniot.  document is<\/p>\n<p>produced, in my opinion, thi&#8217;s&#8221;pet[itio11_is_pre&#8211;rnatured.<\/p>\n<p>Sd\/..\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_33\">JUDGE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court M\/S Himatsingka Seide Ltd., vs Sri Shambappa S\/O Basappa on 27 August, 2009 Author: Subhash B.Adi IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED THIS THE 27th DAY OF&#8217; AUGUST, 2009.-.___ BEFORE O O THE HON&#8217;BLE MR.J{}STICE SGBHASH.E:;~ADi:&#8217;V&#8217;. * CRIMINAL PETITION N-&#8216;D~,\u00bb4.._175\/.?&#8217;C\ufb02\u00e9\u00a7:V&#8217;~&#8217;I, BETWEEN: V O O O O V 1 M [&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":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>M\/S Himatsingka Seide Ltd., vs Sri Shambappa S\/O Basappa on 27 August, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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