{"id":95219,"date":"2011-09-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chandrika-pandit-vs-state-of-bihar-anr-on-21-september-2011"},"modified":"2016-10-02T03:27:25","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T21:57:25","slug":"chandrika-pandit-vs-state-of-bihar-anr-on-21-september-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chandrika-pandit-vs-state-of-bihar-anr-on-21-september-2011","title":{"rendered":"Chandrika Pandit vs State Of Bihar &amp; Anr on 21 September, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Patna High Court &#8211; Orders<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Chandrika Pandit vs State Of Bihar &amp; Anr on 21 September, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA\n                           Criminal Miscellaneous No.5424 of 2008\n                                        Chandrika Pandit\n                                                -------------- Petitioner\n                                             Versus\n                                       1. State of Bihar\n                                       2. Suresh Pandit\n                                          ---------------- Opposite Parties\n                                              -------\n<\/pre>\n<p>                           For the petitioner: Mr. Umesh Kumar Verma<br \/>\n                           For the informant: Mr. Rudal Singh<br \/>\n                           For the State: Mr. Sunil Kumar Pandey, APP<br \/>\n                                           *******<\/p>\n<p>8   21-9-2011               Heard learned counsel for the parties.<\/p>\n<p>                            This   application        has    been     filed     for<\/p>\n<p>                quashing the order dated 29.11.2007 passed by<\/p>\n<p>                Chief       Judicial        Magistrate,             Nalanda      at<\/p>\n<p>                Biharsharif in Bihar P.S. Case No. 258 of 2007<\/p>\n<p>                arising out of Complaint Case No. 829\u00a9 of 2007<\/p>\n<p>                in   which      cognizance        has    been       taken     under<\/p>\n<p>                sections     364\/120(B)      of    the    Indian      Penal   Code<\/p>\n<p>                against the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n<p>                            Informant&#8217;s     son    is    shown      kidnapped    in<\/p>\n<p>                the case. F.I.R. was lodged, matter investigated<\/p>\n<p>                by   the    Investigating         Officer     and    final    form<\/p>\n<p>                submitted     in    the    case     exonerating       petitioner<\/p>\n<p>                from the liability, differing the same (opinion<\/p>\n<p>                of   the     Investigating        Officer)       cognizance      is<\/p>\n<p>                taken in the case.\n<\/p>\n<p>                            It is admitted to the parties also that<\/p>\n<p>                it is well within competence of the Magistrate<\/p>\n<p>                to   take    cognizance       differing       the    opinion    of<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                         2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>investigating agency but in the instant case,<\/p>\n<p>informant       and          witnesses              to         corroborate<\/p>\n<p>prosecution       case       appeared             and        stated     false<\/p>\n<p>implication of petitioner and reason for their<\/p>\n<p>doing so is given by them in their statement<\/p>\n<p>under section 161 Cr.P.C. that Satish Kumar, Ram<\/p>\n<p>Deo Pandit, Upendra Chouhan, Shambhu Pandit took<\/p>\n<p>informant&#8217;s       son       in    Rajgir          Mela       and   got     him<\/p>\n<p>disappeared. In that connection when informant<\/p>\n<p>was talking this petitioner on telephone, he was<\/p>\n<p>not replying in clear word. Reason for talk to<\/p>\n<p>this petitioner is also given that petitioner&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>house was in side of house of Ram Deo Pandit<\/p>\n<p>that   was   reaction            only.      Further          statement     of<\/p>\n<p>informant    is    recorded            in    paraghraph-4             of   the<\/p>\n<p>case   diary.     Other          witnesses          are       examined     in<\/p>\n<p>paragraphs-5 and 9 of the case diary.<\/p>\n<p>         Only      making         of        allegation          cannot      be<\/p>\n<p>taken for constituting prima facie case even for<\/p>\n<p>cognizance      unless           that        is     corroborated           by<\/p>\n<p>witnesses, number may be minimized to one. Thus,<\/p>\n<p>it is clear that material is lacking in the case<\/p>\n<p>for    differing             opinion              reached          by      the<\/p>\n<p>Investigating Officer in the instant case. So<\/p>\n<p>cognizance    taken         in     the      case        is    illegal      and<\/p>\n<p>without jurisdiction.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                  3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                        Accordingly, this application is allowed<\/p>\n<p>            and   the    order   taking   cognizance   against    this<\/p>\n<p>            petitioner in Bihar P.S. Case No. 258 of 2007<\/p>\n<p>            arising out of 829(C) of 2007 is hereby quashed.<\/p>\n<p>                                                 ( Mandhata Singh, J.)<br \/>\nAI\/A.F.R.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patna High Court &#8211; Orders Chandrika Pandit vs State Of Bihar &amp; Anr on 21 September, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5424 of 2008 Chandrika Pandit &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Petitioner Versus 1. State of Bihar 2. Suresh Pandit &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Opposite Parties &#8212;&#8212;- For the petitioner: Mr. Umesh Kumar Verma For the [&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":[8,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-patna-high-court-orders"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chandrika Pandit vs State Of Bihar &amp; Anr on 21 September, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chandrika-pandit-vs-state-of-bihar-anr-on-21-september-2011\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chandrika Pandit vs State Of Bihar &amp; 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