{"id":52469,"date":"2009-10-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-25T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/manjunath-shivaram-bhat-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-26-october-2009"},"modified":"2015-04-30T10:06:50","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T04:36:50","slug":"manjunath-shivaram-bhat-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-26-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/manjunath-shivaram-bhat-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-26-october-2009","title":{"rendered":"Manjunath Shivaram Bhat vs The State Of Karnataka on 26 October, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Manjunath Shivaram Bhat vs The State Of Karnataka on 26 October, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: A.N.Venugopala Gowda<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA\nCIRCUIT BENCH AT DHARWAD\n\nDATED THIS THE 26\"' DAY OF OCTOBER,  if\" \n\nBEFORE\n\nTHE HON'13LE MR. JUSTICE A.E\\3.  \n\n   \n\ncaxmnm. PETITION\"NO.._78o?[,2b'e9   C\n\nBETWEEN:\n\n1.\n\nSri. Manjunath Shivaram Bhat', :4 \nAged about 39 years--,.  _   \nArchak & Agricufrurlst, \nR\/o.Idagun3:,__  '\n\nTq: Honnavac g  ,   \nUttar Kann?ada;:j,~Di,9t,--'- ,58_1 423  ' \n\nSri,~Ra'\u00e9*n'an:anda'f:f _ \nS\/o';,Shi_\\Iara'm.VBhat,  \nAged~_abOut 29'yea'rs,_,  \nAr<:hak=._& Agricult'ur'Est,"---._ C\n\nR\/0. Idag\u00abLJnj'\u00a7,, '_ A \n\nTq: \u00bbHOnnav*a:_" \ni_J"uf'3;af__\u00a5<a{mada"D.\u00a7_s;t.\u00ab~ 581 423\n\n,_"S.r,r. --!\\iara3,;\ufb01~zh_a\n' _S\/0. _Sh_Iv'ar~am. Bhat\n\n' 2 Aged Vab"CU't';3V1 years,\n\nQcc. Advocate\n\nRio. H_On\u00b0navar\nUttar__f_ada D\u00e9st. ---- 581 423\n\n   V.Sg_f'.14ti*-zedhar Narayan Pandit,\n  Aged about 33 years,\n V yixgrtcuiturrst,\n\n\n\nf\\J\n\nR\/o.Idagun;i,\nTq: Honnavar\n\nUttar Kannada Dist. ~ 58: 423  PETITIONERS'\n\n(By Sriyuths: Ganapathi M.Bhat 8:\nSuresh S Bhat, Advs)\n\nAND'\n\n1. The State of Karnataka,\n\nRepresented by S.P.P.\nHigh Court Building,\n\nEharwad.\n\n2. Sr1.Vivei< \u00ab\nS\/o. Mohan Hegde,\nAged about 333 years; .  '   v_ A'\nR\/o.Hoiang.add.e~,. i<u\u00a7rhata,',"i"ai\u00abul'<",  ., _ _\nUttar Kan_niavda;5aDi__st_V    jf,  RESPONDENTS\n\n(By Sri. vPy,_ifi.Got'i<f'i1iif;_di,  \n(By Sri.:'iV.G;'Bnfa_t, Adv. foi:_R2) .\n\nThis "Cri.P-- last"jgjriiiaafuinaer Section 482 of Cr.P.C.\npraying to--__ *o__uasi_17th*eg "entire proceedings in C.C.No.\n488\/2009 JM'FC_ Hon'na\\;.ar;"\n\n C~ri.P ?:o'r'ning on for Admission this day, the\n\n Court i11.ad.e.t4%f\u00a7'evfoiiowing:\n\nORDER\n<\/pre>\n
“””‘TheV:&se'<iond respondent \ufb02ied a complaint against the<\/p>\n
""'~"Wpxetitioners aiieging commission of offences punishabie<\/p>\n
isg1~_.unvde'r'Sections 326, 341, 504, 506 read with Section 34 of<\/p>\n
i  The aiiegation in the compiaint was investigated and<\/p>\n
\\<\/p>\n
.\/,,<\/p>\n
Lu<\/p>\n
the chargesheet was filed by the first respondent, against<\/p>\n
the petitioners. The petitioners filed an application":.d'a,ted<\/p>\n
16.02.2009, by producing an order <\/p>\n
Crl.P.No.l798\/2008 dated 13.01.2009..andfu'bi,i_,V',re.lVy,i_nVgrubbing 2'<\/p>\n
the decision reported in 2008 (6)  itiwaig <\/p>\n
that, the matter is a civil diisvpute aAn'd.__he_nce: c<og'n'i'zance 0'<\/p>\n
need not be taken.\n<\/p>\n
2. The Trial  allegations
\ncontained in   fact that, the
\ncomplaint is  who does not
\nbelong aind\ufb01iriot\u00e9icoinvnected with the temple
\ndisputeizancii.thatiltilig,;’n’i:.i_:\u00a7lent’ has led to the use of filthy<\/p>\n
language by'”‘th_e ac\u00a3–:used””persons and causing obstruction<\/p>\n
“‘~..to t3vi\u00a7A:.CQ.mpiainant,”a’is’o resulting in assault on him, which<\/p>\n
 the wound certificate produced, which<\/p>\n
rexi\/ealied vtheilgcause of grievous injury, which falls under<\/p>\n
,,,..,__,”Section*3i2:.5 of IPC, for which imprisonment of life can be<\/p>\n
  “irrpos’ed and in view of the fact that the complaint<\/p>\n
Vi”..__”V””discioses the severe aliegations, apart from the matter<\/p>\n
t<\/p>\n
\/’3′<\/p>\n
,r<\/p>\n
being not a civil dispute, the appiication having been found<\/p>\n
to be motivated to drag on the proceedings, was rejected.<\/p>\n
An order was passed, taking cognizance of <\/p>\n
This petition has been filed to quash the proceedinigis   _ <\/p>\n
No.488\/2009 on the file of the Prl;;’JJ\u00bbAiliIF:’:C’, <\/p>\n
3. Learned CounseilV,_fo.r the*- pjetitioineirs”contendW<\/p>\n
that, the matter under,__considAe_ra:tio_n’pf th.e”Co._urt_?be|ow, is
\na civii dispute and heVn’Ce7 have been
\ntaken by the Trial_.CQL:,,:”t;”:..'[t  that there is
\nabuse of  <\/p>\n
 –_  for the respondent, by taking
\nme throug–h:_’_4the  the chargesheet materials,<\/p>\n
contended that, complaint contains allegations, which<\/p>\n
 iwiare invvastigated and the chargesheet was filed. Hence,<\/p>\n
lthehrnatteVr’_vired,,Li’iVres triai and cannot be quashed. Learned<\/p>\n
V. Cou”nseiv–..’:.fo”r respondent No.2, made submissions,<\/p>\n
dgsupportivng the findings of the Trial Court in the order<\/p>\n
 ,.iii;ssea on 21.07.2009. \\<\/p>\n
4\u00bb:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
5. In view of’ the rival contentions, the poi_r~it for<\/p>\n
consideration is:\n<\/p>\n
” Whether the complaint relates” M<\/p>\n
dispute or the aliegatiognstherein”re_c;.ui’reV’_’trial_t it”<\/p>\n
by the Criminal Court  ”  j; ”\n<\/p>\n
6. The complaint  does
\nprima facie indicate that,  halv’e”c’oVmmitted
\nalleged act punishable impart me. If the
\nallegation con.ta–ined  Vrfor which the
\nchargesheet   in the trial, the Trial
\nCourt   ‘e’x’arnine the case for the
\noffencewvlptiriishapieto-nde.’rg.V.Se’ct.ions 326, 341, 504, 506 read<\/p>\n
with Section\ufb01ievvofl E_PC.,s is not a case where complaint<\/p>\n
.–.\ufb01does’iaoticogntain”‘th.e….ingredients of the criminal offence.<\/p>\n
-record do prima facie indicate that, the<\/p>\n
co’mxpi’a’inanAt’–“j’j_t\u00e9\u00e9als abused with filthy language, was<\/p>\n
‘.obstructe’d.,.in4performing his work, was assaulted, he was<\/p>\n
 “..grievo.usl5r injured and there was severe threaten to him.<\/p>\n
*–\u00a7’-E~ie’igce, the matter requires trial by Criminal Court. i-lence,<\/p>\n
E\u00bb.\n<\/p>\n
prima facie, there is no abuse of process or any iliegai<\/p>\n
harassment.\n<\/p>\n
In the result, the petition fails<\/p>\n
rejected.\n<\/p>\n
However, it is made c’iiea–i:..that,- the _oib.serya~tions or’-‘<\/p>\n
findings recorded herein, shotiivd”-inovtujbei.conistrqed as an
\nexpression of opinion  The Trial
\nCourt, which hasseizeditiiheifrhatte,r_,\ufb01i.s’. to consider
\nthe materia,l\u00a7.,t,.\u00a7si:’nd_ayV:’:.he:-_tiro_\u00a7ogjii.t’ionwsrecord during the<\/p>\n
course of__Vtri’a.iha-rid:__sha,i_i’=riecide:the}case, both on facts and<\/p>\n
in law, uninfiuenceci by\u00bb observations made<\/p>\n
herein which are ‘”ii_r_niitedVxto 4V’fi_nd.:_”out whether the case<\/p>\n
reqL;i_.rE:S trial or not.\n<\/p>\n
Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n
JUDGE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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