Court No. - 71
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 32547 of 2019 Applicant :- Haushila Prasad Singh @ Tandan Singh Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Prashant Sharma 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 22.10.2018 as well as entire proceedings of Case No.560 of 2018 (State Vs. Haushila Prasad) arising out of Case Crime No. 603 of 2018, under Sections 384, 504, 506 IPC and Section 3(1)(dh) of SC/ST Act, Police Station Rohaniya, District Varanasi.
As per the allegations made in the FIR, it is alleged that on 10.01.2018 at about 8:00 AM, the applicants abused the victim with the name of his caste with an intention to humiliate and intimidate him in public view and on being asked to refrain from abusing, the applicants threatened him of life and started compelling the victim to resign from the post of Pradhan.
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