Court No. - 65
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 47342 of 2019
Applicant :- Farukh Ansari And 5 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Mohammad Abid Ali Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Singh,J.
1. Heard Sri Mohammad Abid Ali, learned counsel for the applicants and Sri Sanjay Singh, learned A.G.A.-I
2. The present 482 Cr.P.C. petition has been filed for quashing the charge sheet No.342 of 2018 dated 2.9.2018 arising out Case Crime No.354 of 2018, under Sections 147, 148, 452, 323, 324, 504, 506, 354-Kha and Section 308 I.P.C. and Section 7/8 POCSO Act, Police Station Collector Bukganj, District Bareilly and summoning order date 2.7.2019, pending in the Court of learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, Court No.7/Special Judge (POCSO Act), District Bareilly.
3. 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.
4. 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 applicant. 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.
5. The prayer for quashing the summoning order as well as aforesaid proceedings is refused.
6. However, it is provided that if the applicants appear and surrender before the court below within 30 days from today and apply for bail, their prayer for bail may be considered and decided 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 30 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 applicants do not appear before the Court below within the aforesaid period, coercive action shall be taken against them.
7. With the aforesaid directions, this application is finally disposed off.
Order Date :- 20.12.2019 Dev/-