Court No. - 52
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 10237 of 2018 Applicant :- Ranjit Mishra Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Manoj Kumar Patel,Pramod Kumar Sahani Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Rajul Bhargava,J.
Heard Sri Manoj Kumar Patel, learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State.
This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashing order dated 27.1.2018 whereby non bailable warrant of arrest has been issued against the applicant in Criminal Case No.4135 of 2017 (State Versus Bhanu Pratap and others) arising out of Case Crime No.246 of 2016 under Section 376 IPC and 3/4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, P. S.Rajghat, District-Gorakhpur pending in the Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Court no.9, Gorakhpur.
The contention of learned counsel for the applicant is that no offence against the applicant 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.
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.
The prayer for quashing the order impugned is refused.
However, it is provided that if the applicant appears and surrenders before the court below within 30 days from today and apply for bail, his prayer for bail may be considered and decided on same day 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 judgment 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 applicant.
However, in case, the applicant does not appear before the Court below within the aforesaid period, coercive action shall be taken against him.
With the aforesaid directions, this application is finally disposed of.
Order Date :- 29.3.2018 Manish Himwan