2018 Supreme(Bom) 3037
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY AT AURANGABAD BENCH
T.V. Nalawade, Smt. Vibha Kankanwadi, JJ.
Dagadu - Appellant
Versus
The State Of Maharashtra & Ors. - Respondents
Criminal Application No. 6414 of 2016
Decided On : 16-10-2018
A. N. Nagargoje, Advocate, for the Appellants; Mr. S. J. Salgare, Addl. Public Prosecutor, for the Respondents No. 1 and 2/State; Mr. S.R. Bodade, Advocate, for the Respondent No. 3
Headnote:
Indian Penal Code,1860 - Section 324, 323, 504, 506 read with 34 - Code of Criminal procedure, 1973 - Section 482 and 156 (3) - Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 - Section 3 (f) (g) (r) (s) (z) (z-a) and (Z-b) – Offence of voluntarily casuing hurt – Criminal intimidation - Lands - Partition - Separate possession - Temporary injunction - There is dispute between parties in respect of landed properties bearing Gut No. situated at village - Original owner of said land was one - He had five sons - Father of respondent No.2 - After demise of, filed Regular Civil Suit No. for partition and separate possession of lands - Suit came to be partly allowed by Judgment and decree dated - It was declared that each one of brother is having 8 / 42th share in properties - As per the said decree Keru Kadam got 55 R land in Gut No.78 whereas Nana got 54 R land in Gut No.78 and 3 1/2 R land in Gut No.31 - Mutation entry No. came to be effected in revenue records to that effect - Complainant in order to harass applicants, filed Regular Civil Suit No. claiming declaration that decree passed in Regular Civil suit No. is not binding on him and also setting aside sale deeds executed in favour of applicants - In said suit, applicants filed counter claim claiming injunction against complainant and also filed application for temporary injunction – Held, There is absolutely no mention as to why contents which now attracting provisions of Atrocities Act were not stated by complainant in the earlier report - On basis of earlier report already investigation was carried out and charge-sheet is filed - Till filing of chargesheet why there were no efforts on part of complainant to clarify as to what exactly had happened and to add provisions under Atrocities Act - It is to be noted that complaint is filed against seven persons and it is stated that accused had uttered above said abuses - Abuses cannot be in chorus - A specific date is also not mentioned as to when said incident had taken place - Court are required to infer it from contents of para No.09 and 10 that incident had taken place - As regards earlier attempts by father of complainant to lodge report did not materialize that cannot be agitated in this proceedings - What prompted the complainant to file a private complaint separately is a question, when he himself was informant in other case also - Therefore, with this background it would be a futile exercise to ask the applicants to face trial - Therefore, case is made out to exercise powers of this Court under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 within parameters of decision in, State of Haryana and others v. Ch. Bhajan Lal and others, reported in AIR 1992 Supreme Court 604 - Application is hereby allowed.
JUDGMENT
Vibha Kankanwadi, J. (Oral) - Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. Heard both the sides for final disposal.
2. Present application has been filed by original accused persons by invoking inherent powers of this Court under section 482 of Code of Criminal procedure, 1973 for quashing and setting aside the First Information Report bearing Crime No. II - 1 / 2015, registered with Ashvi Police Sation Tq. Sangamner Dist. Ahmednagar and also the charge-sheet based upon the said FIR bearing No. 13 of 2015, dated 27-10-2015.
3. The applicants have come with a case that, the said FIR came to be lodged as per the directions given by learned Magistrate, Sangamner under section 156 (3) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on the basis of private complaint lodged by present respondent No.2. It is stated that, there is dispute between the parties in respect of landed properties bearing Gut No. 78 and 31 situated at village Panodi. Original owner of the said land was one Manohar Kadam. He had five sons namely Keru, Tabaji, Nana, Madhukar and Bhaskar. Tabaji is the father of respondent No.2. After the demise of Manohar, Bhaskar filed Regular Civil Suit No. 207 of 2003 for partition and separate possession of the lands. The suit came to be partly allowed by Judgment and decree dated 28-01-2008. It was declared that each one of the brother is having 8 / 42th share in the properties. As per the said decree Keru Kadam got 55 R land in Gut No.78 whereas Nana got 54 R land in Gut No.78 and 3 1/2 R land in Gut No.31. Mutation entry No. 2682 came to be effected in the revenue records to that effect. Thereafter vide registered sale deed dated 21-06-2011 Keru sold his 55 R land to one of the applicant namely Babasaheb Talekar, and thereafter Nana sold his 3 1/2 R land in Gut No.31 to Babasaheb by registered sale deed dated 04-02- 2012. Nana also sold his 54 R land from Gut No.78 in favour of applicant Tarabai Talekar and Bharat Talekar on 04-02-2012. On the date of the respective sale deeds all of them were given possession of those lands. Mutation entry to that effect was taken, however it was objected by Bhaskar. The objection was decided in favour of the applicants. The complainant in order to harass the applicants, filed Regular Civil Suit No. 613 of 2012 claiming declaration that the decree passed in Regular Civil suit No. 207 of 2003 is not binding on him and also setting aside the sale deeds executed in favour of the applicants. In the said suit, the applicants filed counter claim claiming injunction against the complainant and also filed application for temporary injunction. During the pendency of the said proceeding it is alleged that the complainant and his family members assaulted the applicants on 24-05-2014 and non-cognizable offence was registered against them. A story was concocted by the complainant and he tried to lodge complaint against the applicants alleging that the applicants had assaulted him and his family members and abused in a name of caste. Crime No. 17 of 2014 came to be registered under Section 324, 323, 504, 506 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code. After investigation, charge-sheet is filed and the trial is pending. In the suit filed by the complainant Keru and Nana who are the vendors of the applicant are also parties and they have filed their written statement raising contention in favour of applicants. Applicants who are the purchasers are in possession of the land in question. Still the complainant has come with a false story and lodged private complaint bearing M.A. No.437 of 2014 in which directions are given for investigation under section 156 (3) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. It is alleged that, since 2009 the applicants are harassing him and his family members and it is stated that the applicants physically attacked the complainant and his family with deadly weapons on 24-05-2014. In fact when the charge-sheet is already filed in respect of the incident, the second crime cannot be registered. T