Court No. - 68
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 16864 of 2019 Applicant :- Rajneesh Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Ramesh Chandra Dwivedi,Rajan Prasad Dwivedi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Umesh Chandra Tripathi,J.
Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.
This application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short 'Code') has been filed on behalf of the applicant with a prayer to quash the summoning order dated 20.12.2018 passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate, Banda as well as the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 04 of 2018 (Chandrapal v. Rajneesh), under Sections 420, 406, 323, 504, 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Police Station - Kotwali, District - Banda.
It is contended by learned counsel for the applicant that from the material brought on the record, no offence is disclosed against the applicant. The present prosecution launched against the applicant is wholly mala fide as such, the present proceedings are sheer abuse of the process of the court.
Per contra, learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer made and contention thereof raised by learned counsel for the applicant and submitted that material on record is sufficient for justifying initiation of proceedings and passing of the impugned summoning order by the court below.
From the perusal of material on record and looking into the facts of the case, it cannot be said at this stage that no offence is made out against the applicant.
All the submissions made at the bar relate to the disputed questions of fact, which cannot be adjudicated upon by this Court in exercise of its extraordinary jurisdiction under Section 482 of the Code.
Accordingly, the prayer for quashing the proceedings as well as the summoning order in the aforesaid case is refused.
However, none of the aforesaid offences alleged against applicant is punishable with imprisonment for more than seven years. All the materials relevant for disposal of bail application is available on record before trial court/court concerned.
In view of order passed by this Court in the case of Smt. Sakeena and another v. State of U.P. and another reported in 2018 (2) ACR 2190, it is directed that in case the applicant files his bail application, his prayer for bail shall be considered and decided on the same day. If for any reason it is not possible to decide the regular bail application on the same day, then his prayer for interim bail shall be considered and decided on the same day.
For a period of 60 days from today or till the applicant surrenders and applies for bail, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against him.
With the aforesaid observations/directions, the instant application stands disposed of.
Order Date :- 30.4.2019 I. Batabyal