Court No. - 71
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 29259 of 2019 Applicant :- Vijay Singh And 3 Ors Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Balendra Kumar Singh 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 CrPC has been filed by the applicants with the prayer to quash the impugned Charge-Sheet No. 75 of 2019 dated 13.04.2019, arising out of Case Crime No. 0037 of 2019, under Sections 323, 504, 325 IPC and 3(1)(Da), 3(1)(Dha), 3(2)(Va) of SC/ST Act, Police Station Malwa, District Fatehpur as well as cognizance order dated 21.06.2019.
As per the allegations made in the FIR and the statement of the victim recorded during the course of investigation under Section 161 CrPC, it is alleged that on 20.06.2018 at about 10:00 AM, the applicants were forcibly trying get to passage made on the land belonging to the first informant, which was opposed by him, on which, the applicants assaulted the victim by lathi danda, due to which, he 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 in public view 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, 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 cognizance order is therefore refused.
However, it is directed that if the applicants appear and 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 :- 30.7.2019 Nadim