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2004 Supreme(Pat) 265

PATNA HIGH COURT
Navin Sinha, J.
Alok Kumar Singh
Versus
State Of Bihar
Criminal Miscellaneous No. 35662 of 2002 ;
Decided On : MARCH 4, 2004

Headnote:Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Sections 209 and 323-Commitment of cases to the Court of Sessions-When a Magistrate has committed a case on account of his legislative competence its cross-case, having no offence exclusively triable by sessions court must be tried by the same court of sessions-Magistrate can exercise special power conferred on him by virtue of section 323 when he commits the cross-case also to the court of sessions-Source of commitment is two-fold under sections 209 and 323 but once they are committed they flow in a common stream-Reason for a common trial has been repeatedly emphasised by judicial pronouncements-Both the cases to be tried together before the same court. (Paras 8 and 9)

       (2001) 2 SCC 688-Relied upon.

       

Judgment

Navin Sinha, J.

1. The present application has been preferred for quashing the order dated 25.9.2002 passed by the Sessions Judge, Kaimur at Bhabhua in Cr. Rev. No. 34/2002. By the said order the learned Sessions Judge has set aside the order dated 9.4.2002 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate. Bhabhua in Tr. No. 756/2001 arising out of case No. 80/96, whereby the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate recorded that in view of the allegations and the evidence, offence under Sec. 301, IPC read with Sec. 27 of the Arms Act was made out against accused Sanjay Singh, opposite party No. 2 herein and therefore the case be committed to the Court of Sessions for trial.

2. The petitioner filed Complaint Case No. 232/94 in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhabhua alleging that on 2.3.1994 an occurrence took place wherein opposite party No. 2 Sanjay Singh fired at the father of the complainant but for the reason of Ashutosh Singh coming in between, Ashutosh Singh received bullet injury and died. Thereafter the petitioner filed an application under Sec. 323, CrPC, that as firing was done by Sanjay Singh leading to the death of Ashutosh Singh, offence under Sec. 307 was made out against the accused persons apart from offence under Sec. 301 of the Penal Code, which was triable by the Court of Sessions and therefore the case be committed to the Court of Sessions. Thereafter the transferee Magistrate rejected the application on the ground that no offence under Sec. 307, IPC appears to have been made out and that the post-mortem report was not on record and neither was the evidence of the doctor available with regard to time and manner of death. The petitioner thereafter preferred Cr. Rev. No. 139/98 which was dismissed with a direction that the prosecution must produce the evidence to bring post-mortem report on record before charge and the Court below shall give an opportunity to the prosecution and thereafter pass a detailed and reasoned order on the point of charge and if he found that a case under Secs. 302 or 304 or 307 IPC is made out in which event he shall commit the case to the Court of Sessions.

3. Thereafter the petitioner filed a petition before the learned Magistrate that he had filed relevant documents including the post-mortem report etc. and requested for fresh consideration of his contention that the case be committed to the Court of Sessions since a case under Sec. 301, IPC was made out. Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate by his order dated 5.3.2001 rejected the petition holding that no case under Sec. 307, IPC was made out as the injury report was simple in nature and that no new material had come forward to make out a case triable under Sec. 301, IPC. During course of hearing of this application it was also brought on record that the complainant and his family members are accused persons in Mohania P.S. Case No. 51/94 for which Sessions Trial No. 519/94 is pending before the Court of Sessions. In that case the allegation against the complainant, petitioner herein, and his family members is to have killed Ashutosh Singh on 28.3.1994. The deceased and the date of occurrence is thus common in both the cases. Aggrieved thereby the petitioner preferred Cr. Rev. No. 42/2001 for commitment to the Court of Sessions of Complaint Case No. 232/94 Learned Sessions Judge by his order dated 10.9.2001 rejected the same. Thereafter the petitioner preferred another application on 19.9.2001 before the Chief Judicial Magistrate who ordered that a case under Sec. 301, IPC read with Sec. 27 of the Arms Act was made out against accused Sanjay Singh and posted the case for commitment to the Sessions Court.

4. Opposite party No. 2 then filed Cr. Rev. No. 34/20-02 before the Sessions Judge against the order dated 9.4.2001 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate. Learned Sessions Judge set aside the order dated 9.4.2002 holding that it was illegal and improper in view of the order passed in Cr. Rev. No. 42/2001 and that it appea








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