The court held that the presence of prima facie materials, as evidenced by the police investigation and injury report, justified the continuation of the criminal proceedings against the petitioner.

JUDGMENT

Subhendu Samanta, J. - This is an application u/s 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code quashing of a criminal proceeding of GR No. 599 of 2013 arising out of Das Pur Police Station case No. 204 of 2013 dated 01.09.2013 u/s 147,149,326,307,354,506 of IPC and subsequently C.S. filed being No. 251 of 2018 dated 12.07.2018 now pending before the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur.

2. The brief fact of the case is that husband of private OP No. 2 was the private tutor at the house of one Ajit Bera. One day, at the evening, husband of OP- 2 without the will of the wife of Ajit Bera namely Krishna bera embraced her with an intent to commit rape. The lady raise hue and cry, villagers appeared at spot and the husband OP No. 2 was beaten by the mob. Police with OP No.- 2 rescued him from the P.O. and he was admitted to hospital. On the basis of the complaint of Krishna Bera, Daspur Police Station case No. 192 of 2013 dated 18.08.2013 u/s 354A(1)(ii)(v) of IPC was initiated.

3. After some days the OP No. 2 lodged this criminal proceeding against the petitioner by virtue of an application u/s-156(3) Cr.P.C. before the ACJM, Ghatal. Magistrate allowed the prayer and directed police to investigate.

4. Initially, the investigation of the police of this case is ended in FRT being No. 42 of 2014 dated 10.03.2014. Against the said FRT the OP No. 2 filed a 'Narazi' petition before the Magistrate and after hearing Learned Magistrate allowed the said petition and directed the O.C of Daspur Police Station to cause further investigation.

5. The police took up further investigation and after 5 years of incident submitted a charge sheet being No. 251 of 2018 dated 12.07.2018 u/s 147,149,326,307,354,506 of IPC against the present petitioner.

6. Hence this revision.

7. Learned Advocate, for the petitioner submitted before this court that initially investigation conducted by the police and after through investigation it was the opinion of the investigating agency that the victim (husband of OP-2) was beaten up by unidentified mob due to his conduct as depicted in Daspur Police Station case No. 192 of 2013 dated 18.08.2013. He further pointed out that the present case is the counter case filed by the wife of the accused Buddhadeb Mudli of the earlier case. He further pointed out that the allegation in the petition of complaint lodged by the OP NO. 2 are false and fictitious. The statement of available witnesses were recorded by the erstwhile I.O. on spot but the present I.O. has collected the statement of available witnesses after long time of the incident. In considering the facts and circumstances of Daspur Police Station Case No. 192 of 2013, the fact of the present case would proved to be false. He further argued that there are nothing materials in the CD to substantiate the offence u/s 354 of IPC against the present petitioner; thus he prayed for quashing of the instant criminal proceeding.

8. Learned Advocate appearing on behalf of the State submitted that the police took up investigation as per direction of the Magistrate; during the course of investigation police has collected sufficient materials against the present petitioners. The injury report of the injured was also collected by the police wherefrom it would be revealed that the prima facie ingredients u/s 326 of IPC is well established and the report of the police submitted in this case has stated the actual facts and circumstances; the I.O. as also mentioned the factum Daspur Police Station Case No. 192 of 2013 in the CD of this case; thus the charge sheet is justified.

9. Heard the Learned Advocate perused the CD of Daspur Police Station Case No. 192 of 2013 dated 18.08.2013 and also the Daspur Police Station Case No. 204 of 2013 dated 01.09.2013.

10. I have perused the CD as well as the injury report. Initially the FRT was filed by the police with a noting that the injured was sustained injury by the unidentified mob. The Magistrate directed further investigati