Court No. - 20
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 34802 of 2018
Applicant :- Sanjeev Kumar Dwivedi Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And Anr Counsel for Applicant :- Manish Tandon Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ravindra Nath Kakkar,J.
Heard 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 the impugned Charge Sheet No. 53 of 2018 dated 20.08.2018 submitted in Case Crime No. 22 of 2018, under Sections 498A, 504, 506 I.P.C., PS- Sisamau, District-Kanpur Nagar as well as entire criminal proceedings of Case No. 51235 of 2018, State Vs. Sanjeev Kumar Dwivedi pending in the court of Addl. Chief Metroplitan Magistrate-III, Kanpur Nagar.
The contention of the counsel for the applicants is that no offence against the applicants 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 in exercise of power conferred 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 charge-sheet as well as entire criminal proceedings of Case No. 51235 of 2018 is refused.
However, it is provided that if the applicants appear and surrender before the court below within 30 days from today and apply for bail, then the bail application of the applicants be considered and decided 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 applicants. However, in case, the applicants do not appear before the Court below within the aforesaid period, coercive action shall be taken against them.
With the aforesaid directions, this application is finally disposed of.
Order Date :- 27.9.2018/AKT