Court No. - 52
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 6715 of 2018 Applicant :- Anil And 5 Ors Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And Anr Counsel for Applicant :- Manish Kumar Dwivedi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Rajul Bhargava,J.
Heard Sri Manish Kumar Dwivedi, learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.G.A. for the State.
This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashing entire proceeding as well as charge sheet dated 22.1.2016 in Case No.3513 of 2016 (State Versus Anil and others) arising out of Case Crime No.295 of 2015 under Sections 147, 149, 353, 336, 341, 427, 504, 506 I.P.C. and 7 Criminal Law Amendment Act, P.S. Puramufti, District Kaushambi, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kaushambi.
The contention of learned counsel for the applicants is that no offence against the applicants is disclosed and the present prosecution has been instituted with a malafide intention for the purposes of harassment. He pointed out certain documents and statements in support of his contention.
From the perusal of the material on record and looking into the facts of the case at this stage it cannot be said that no offence is made out against the applicants. All the submission made at the bar relates to the disputed question of fact, which cannot be adjudicated upon by this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. At this stage only prima facie case is to be seen in the light of the law laid down by Supreme Court in cases of R.P. Kapur Vs. State of Punjab, A.I.R. 1960 S.C. 866, State of Haryana Vs. Bhajan Lal, 1992 SCC (Cr.) 426, State of Bihar Vs. P.P.Sharma, 1992 SCC (Cr.) 192 and lastly Zandu Pharmaceutical Works Ltd. Vs. Mohd. Saraful Haq and another (Para-10) 2005 SCC (Cr.) 283. The disputed defence of the accused cannot be considered at this stage.
The prayer for quashing the proceedings as well as order impugned is refused.
However, it is provided that if the applicants appear and surrender before the court below within 45 days from today and apply for bail,their prayer for bail may be considered and decided on same day in view of the settled law laid by this Court in the case of Amrawati and another Vs. State of U.P. reported in 2004 (57) ALR 290 as well as judgement passed by Hon'ble Apex Court reported in 2009 (3) ADJ 322 (SC) Lal Kamlendra Pratap Singh Vs. State of U.P. For a period of 45 days from today or till the disposal of the application for grant of bail, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicants. However, in case, the applicant do not appear before the Court below within the aforesaid period, coercive action shall be taken against them.
With the aforesaid directions, this application is finally disposed of.
Order Date :- 28.2.2018 MN/-