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2011 Supreme(Bom) 743

2011 ALL MR (Cri) 2541
In the High Court of Bombay at Nagpur
A.P. BHANGALE
Inderchand s/o Zumerlal Mutha & Another
Versus
The State of Maharashtra through Police Station Officer & Another
Criminal Application No. 1684 of 2010
Decided on: 04-07-2011

Advocates Appeared:
For the Applicants: A.K. Choube, counsel.
For the Respondents: R1, D.B. Yengal, APP, R2, F.T. Mirza, counsel.

Headnote:Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 - Sections 239 and 482-Inherent powers of High Court-Exercise of-Powers under Section 482 of Code to be exercised sparingly with caution so as to avoid protraction of proceedings-Alternative efficacious remedy available to applicants so as to get discharge from trial Magistrate-High Court refused to exercise powers under Section 482 of Code.-It is settled legal position that powers under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure are to be exercised sparingly with caution so as to avoid protraction of proceedings, however, it is open for the applicants to move the trial Magistrate with their application for discharge and adduce material in support of the plea of discharge. It would be an alternative efficacious remedy as the trial Magistrate, as contemplated under Section 239 of Code of Criminal, can consider the police report and the plea of the accused, and after an opportunity of hearing if the trial Court consider the charge as groundless he can also by reasoned order discharge the accused. In this case, if the accusations are groundless, the copies of the past orders in the previous criminal proceedings can be brought to the notice of the trial Magistrate at Yavatmal, therefore, no case is made out by applicants for to come within exceptional or rarest of the rare case so as to justify the invoking inherent powers of Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, particularly when the applicants have alternative efficacious remedy so as to get discharge from the trial Magistrate, Yavatmal. That being so, Court is not inclined to exercise powers under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure. Needless to state that the trial Magistrate may consider the plea if made by the applicants before the trial Magistrate deciding to frame the charge in this case.

JUDGMENT

1. Heard Mr. A. K. Choube, counsel for the applicants, Mr. D. B. Yengal, APP for respondent no. 1 and Mr. F. T. Mirza for respondent no. 2.

2. By this application, the applicants have prayed for to quash the F.I.R. No. M-1/2010, dated 16.06.2010 and also to quash the proceedings of criminal complaint case no.683/2009 and the proceedings of criminal complaint case No. 337/2010 and further prayed to discharge from the said case.

3. It is the case of the applicant that one Narayan Damdu Parise the father of the non-applicant no. 2 had filed a criminal complaint case no. 598/2007 in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Yavatmal alleging offence punishable under Section 323, 504, 506 and 34 of Indian Penal Code against Padamchand Mangilal Bafna and his two sons. It is the case of the applicant that Shrawan Narayan Parise who had gone to the field owned by Mr. Padamchand Mangilal Bafna about 6-7 years ago and received an electric shock from the motor pump and expired on the spot. In respect of that incident, Mr. Narayan Damdu Parise lodged a report against the Padamchand Mangilal Bafna which was registered as Criminal Complaint Case No. 207/1999, which was dismissed in default, as the complainant remained absent. The complainant had tried to restore the complaint, at that time, Mr. Padamchand Mangilal Bafna had assured to the complainant Mr. Narayan Damdu Parise that he would pay sum of Rs. 2,00,000/- and the complaint should not be restored, but the amount was not paid by Mr. Padamchand Mangilal Bafna as assured to the complainant. Thereafter, the complainant lodged a report at Yavatmal Police Station but police refused to take action on the ground that it is non-cognizable offence, thus, criminal complaint case no. 598/2007 was filed for alleged offence punishable under Section 323, 504, 506 read with 34 Indian Penal Code, in which process was issued against accused persons. In that complaint proceedings, Mr. Narayan Damdu Parise filed a pursis dated 12.06.2009, informing the Court that the matter is settled between the parties and sought to withdraw the complaint. Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate passed an order on 12.06.2009 and allowed the complainant Mr. Narayan Damdu Parise to withdraw the complaint on or about 12.06.2009.

4. Thereafter, Dilip Narayan Parise (son of complainant Narayan Damdu Parise) lodged criminal complaint case no. 683/2009 on 21.11.2009 i.e. after about five months after the criminal complaint case was withdrawn by his father against the present applicants and six others under Section 417, 427, 120-B, 109 and 34 of Indian Penal Code and therein reiterated that on 29.05.2008, while his brother, Shrawan had been to mouza Parwa in a tank situated near the agricultural field of Mr. Padamchand Bafna, wherein a motor pump was installed by Mr. Padamchand Bafna to irrigate his own land and Shrawan received a shock and expired on the spot. The matter was reported to the police, but no action was taken against Bafna and it is further alleged by the complainant, Mr. Dilip Narayan Parise that this information of not taking cognizance against Mr. Padamchand Bafna, was within the knowledge of the accused no. 2, Bhimrao Maroti Avathare, upon whose guidance, a criminal complaint case no. 207/1999, was filed before the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Yavatmal, which was dismissed for absence of the complainant on 20.03.2001. Thereafter, it is alleged by the Dilip Narayan Parise in criminal complaint case no. 683/2009, that on 12.07.2006 while case for compensation for defamation was filed by Padamchand Bafna against some of the accused persons which came to be withdrawn after accused persons tendered unconditional apology. Thereafter, it appears that for alleged offence of cheating by father of the complainant, the complainant sought action against the accused persons and therefore learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Court No. 3, Yavatmal sent the complaint for investigation under Section 156(3) o







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