Court No. - 71
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 35854 of 2019 Applicant :- Mahendra Patel Opposite Party :- State Of Up And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Ravish Chandra Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Rajiv Gupta,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State and perused the record.
This application under Section 482 CrPC has been filed by the applicant with the prayer to quash the Charge- Sheet dated 20.08.2015 and entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.425 of 2016 (State Vs. Mahendra Patel), arising out of Case Crime No.145 of 2015, under Sections 452, 323, 504, 506 IPC and Section 3(1)10 of SC/ST Act, Police Station Mirza Murad, District Varanasi.
As per the allegations made in the FIR, it is alleged that on 18.03.2015 at about 8:00 AM, the applicant asked the victim to do the work on his field, however, victim expressed his inability to do the same, then the applicant abused him with the name of his caste with an intention to humiliate and intimidate him in public view and also assaulted him by kicks and fists and when the victim entered in his house to rescue himself, the applicant also followed him and assaulted him, due to which, he suffered injuries and has been medically examined.
Learned counsel for the applicant 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 applicant 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 applicant 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 and entire proceedings is therefore refused.
However, it is directed that if the applicant appears/surrenders before the court below and applies for bail, his 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 :- 26.9.2019 Nadim