Court No. - 71
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 32578 of 2019 Applicant :- Devideen Singh And 5 Ors Opposite Party :- State Of Up And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Manvendra Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Rajiv Gupta,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned AGA for the State and perused the record.
This application under Section 482 CrPC has been filed by the applicants with the prayer to quash the Charge-Sheet dated 09.07.2018 and entire criminal proceedings of Special Sessions Trial No.62 of 2019 (State Vs. Devideen and others), arising out of Case Crime No.60 of 2019, under Sections 147, 323, 504, 506, 325 IPC and Section 3(1)(R), 3(1)(S), 3(2) (Va) of SC/ST Act, Police Station Thariyaon, District Fatehpur.
As per the allegations made in the FIR, it is alleged that on 22.03.2019 at about 7:00 PM, the applicants abused the victims with the name of his caste with an intention to humiliate and intimidate him and on being asked to refrain from abusing, the applicants assaulted the victims, due to which, as many as six persons have suffered injuries on their persons and have been medically examined. From the side of the applicants also, two persons have suffered injuries.
Learned counsel for the applicants has submitted that from the perusal of the allegations made in the FIR and the material collected during the course of investigation, no offence is disclosed against the applicants and the present prosecution has been instituted with a malafide intention for the purposes of harassment. He has pointed out certain documents and statements in support of his contention.
Per contra, learned AGA has submitted that from the perusal of the allegations made in the FIR and the material collected during the course of investigation, prima facie offence is clearly made out against the applicants and as such, impugned charge-sheet cannot be quashed.
Moreover, all the submissions made at the bar relates to the disputed question of fact, which cannot be adjudicated upon by this Court under Section 482 CrPC. At this stage, only prima facie case is to be seen in the light of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the cases of R.P. Kapur Vs. State of Punjab, AIR 1960 SC 866, State of Haryana Vs. Bhajan Lal, 1992 SCC (Cri.) 426, State of Bihar Vs. P.P. Sharma, 1992 SCC (Cri.) 192 and lastly Zandu Pharmaceutical Works Ltd. Vs. Mohd. Saraful Haq and another, (Para-10) 2005 SCC (Cri.) 283. The disputed defence of the accused cannot be considered at this stage.
The prayer for quashing the charge-sheet as well as entire proceedings is therefore refused.
However, it is directed that if the applicants appear and surrender before the court below and apply for bail, their prayer for bail shall be considered and decided as expeditiously as possible after giving opportunity of hearing to both the parties.
With the aforesaid observations, this application under Section 482 CrPC is finally disposed of.
Order Date :- 26.8.2019 Nadim