Court No. - 71
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 32079 of 2019 Applicant :- Mukseh Joshi And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Pradeep Chauhan,Ram Sharan Giri 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 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicants with the prayer to quash the Charge Sheet dated 14.5.2019, cognizance order dated 17.7.2019 as well as entire criminal proceedings of S.C.C. No. 172 of 2019 (State Vs. Mukesh Joshi and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 374 of 2019, under Sections 323, 504, 506 IPC and 3(1)D of SC/ST Act, P.S. Kalyanpur, District- Kanpur Nagar, pending in the court of Special Judge, SC/ST Act, Kanpur Nagar.
As per the allegations made in the first information report, it is alleged that on 29.4.2019 at about 10:30 p.m, the applicants assaulted the victim by lathi, danda, due to which the victim Saksham Verma suffered injuries on his person and has been medically examined. The allegation of abusing the victim with the name of his caste with an intention to humiliate and intimidate him has also been made.
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, entire proceedings 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 impugned orders as well as entire proceedings is therefore refused.
However, it is directed that if the applicants appear/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 :- 22.8.2019 KU