IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
Narendra Kumar Vyas, J.
Mahendra Singh S/o Late Shri Sardar Bhagat Singh - Appellant
Versus
State of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Thana Ganj, District Raipur Chhattisgarh - Respondent
CRMP No. 691 of 2018
Delivered On : 07-09-2021
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Sections 482, 195, 200, 202, 203 and 204 – Indian Penal Code,1860 - Sections 420, 465, 467, 468 and 471 – Cheating and dishonesty – Forgery - Intention to grab valuable property have fabricated consent letter - Whether there is "sufficient ground for proceeding" and not whether there is sufficient ground for conviction - Petitioner is owner of a residential land - Property was purchased by petitioner out of his own income by way of a sale deed executed - Petitioner on his own accord and out of his own earnings constructed a residential house on said property in year - Respondent No.3 who is brother of petitioner was residing in said house - In year 2011 petitioner insisted his brother/respondent No.3 to vacate said property as he needed property for his own need and purpose - Respondent No.3 that he is also the owner of said property refused to vacate property - Petitioner sought information under Right to Information Act it has been informed that in year - Mutated in municipal records of property in favour of respondents - Property of the sole ownership of the petitioner was recorded to be co-owned by respondents – Held, Complaint/FIR/charge-sheet, in our view, it cannot be said that complaint does not disclose commission of an offence - Ingredients of offences under Sections 406 and 420 IPC cannot be said to be absent on basis of allegations in the complaint/FIR/charge-sheet – Court would like to add that whether allegations in complaint are otherwise correct or not, has to be decided on basis of the evidence to be led during the course of trial - Contract or arbitral proceedings initiated at the instance of appellants, that does not by itself clothe the court to come to a conclusion that civil remedy is only remedy, and initiation of criminal proceedings - learned Judicial Magistrate has committed illegality in dismissing complaint and thereafter the revisional court has further committed material irregularity in dismissing criminal revision filed by the petitioner. Considering all the facts – Court’s view that orders passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Raipur and learned First Additional Sessions Judge - Raipur is directed to register the complaint and proceed with the matter, in accordance with law - petition is allowed
ORDER :
1. The petitioner has filed present petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 challenging the order dated 9-2-2018 (Annexure P/1) passed by the First Additional Sessions Judge, Raipur in Criminal Revision No. 460 of 2017 whereby the First Additional Sessions Judge affirmed the order dated 30-8-2017 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Raipur (Annexure P/2) in unregistered complaint wherein learned Judicial Magistrate First Class has held that from perusal of the complaint the dispute pertains to a civil dispute, therefore, prima facie, registration of complaint is not permissible and dismissed the complaint.
2. The facts projected by the petitioner, in brief, are that the petitioner is the owner of a residential land situated at Narmada Para, Satkar Hotel Gali, Indira Gandhi Chowk, Raipur, bearing plot No. 8/1 of Khasra number 497/2 admeasuring 3010 sq. It is contended by learned counsel that the said property was purchased by the petitioner out of his own income by way of a sale deed executed on 1-7-1972. The petitioner on his own accord and out of his own earnings constructed a residential house on the said property in the year 2007-2008 after obtaining necessary permission and sanction from Nagar Palika Nigam, Raipur. Thereafter, respondent No.3 who is brother of the petitioner was residing in the said house. In the year 2011 the petitioner insisted his brother/respondent No.3 to vacate the said property as he needed the property for his own need and purpose. It has been informed by respondent No.3 that he is also the owner of the said property, therefore, he refused to vacate the property. The petitioner sought information under Right to Information Act from Nagar Palika Nigam, Raipur, wherein it4 has been informed that in the year 2009 the name of the petitioner was mutated in the municipal records of the property in favour of respondents No. 2 to 4 along with the petitioner by submitting a consent letter dated 17-4-1995. Thus, the property of the sole ownership of the petitioner was recorded to be co-owned by respondents No. 2 to 4 in the records of Nagar Palika Nigam, Raipur based on the settlement deed dated 17-4-1995.
3. The complainant on the basis of the factual matrix, has filed the complaint before the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class contending that respondents No. 2 to 4 with mala fide intention to grab the valuable property have fabricated consent letter which is an offence under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC. The petitioner made a complaint before the Police Station, Maudhapara to register FIR against the respondents and on 29-1-2013 he has also sent legal notice to respondents No. 2 to 5, but no action has been taken by the Police of Police Station Maudhapara, therefore, he has filed present complaint on 18-3-2013 before the Senior Superintendent of Police Raipur and prayed for registration of FIR against respondents No. 2 to 4 for commission of offence punishable under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468 , 471, 120-B, 34 of the IPC.
4. The petitioner has examined himself on 6-12-2015 and one Devendra Singh as PW/2 for recording preliminary evidence before registration and the hand writing expert Smt. Dr. Sunita Dhenge on 3-8-2015. The petitioner in his complaint statement has categorically stated that forged consent letter was prepared and by this document names of respondents No. 2 to 4 have been incorporated in the property. The other witnesses examined by the complainant have also stated the same version. The hand-witting expert has also deposed before the trial Court that as per his report, the signature is forged one. It has been further contended that without considering the primary evidence adduced, the trial court has recorded that it is purely a civil dispute, therefore, criminal law cannot be taken into motion. . Dismissed the complaint vide its order dated 30-8-2017. Thereafter, the petitioner has preferred criminal revision before the lea
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