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2023 Supreme(Guj) 836

IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
SANDEEP N. BHATT, J.
Gulammiya @ Marshall Noormahommad Nandoliya & Others – Appellant
Versus
State Of Gujarat & others – Respondents
R/Criminal Misc.Application No.7586 of 2018
Decided on : 10-07-2023

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : MR. YOGENDRA THAKORE
For the Respondent: MR. DHAWAN JAYSWAL

Headnote:

Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 - Section 3(1)(R)(S), (2)(5)(a) - Indian Penal Code, 1860 - Section 143, 323, 504, 506(2), 397, 395 - Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 - Section 482, 156(2) - Member of an unlawful assembly – Offence for voluntarily causing hurt - Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace - Quash and set aside criminal complaint lodged before Police Station – Held, Court is of opinion that complaint under provisions of Sections 3(1)(R), 3(2)(5)(a) and 3(2)(5) of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and offence under Sections 397 and 395 of Indian Penal Code is nothing but an abuse of process of law and accordingly, to prevent abuse of process of law, this Court deems it fit to exercise inherent powers under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 and proceedings pursuant to complaint under provisions Section 143, 323, 504, 506(2) of Indian Penal Code can be proceeded against applicants in accordance with law - Impugned F.I.R. lodged before Police Station qua applicants is hereby quashed and set aside - Application is partly allowed.

JUDGMENT :

1. Rule returnable forthwith. Learned APP waives service of notice of rule on behalf of respondent No.1 – State.

2. The present application is filed for seeking following reliefs:

    (A) YOUR LORDSHIPS may be pleased to quash and set aside the criminal complaint being F.I.R C.RI No.10 of 2018 lodged before Chapi Police Station (at ANNEXURE-A hereto):

(B) During pendency and final disposal of the present application, YOUR LORDSHIPS may be pleased to stay further investigation and proceedings of F.I.R C.RI No. 10 of 2018 Chapi Police Station (at ANNEXURE-A hereto);

(C) Such other and further relief's, as are deemed fit, in the facts and circumstances of this case make kindly be granted.”

3.1 Brief facts as per the case of the applicant in this application are as such that on 30/3/2018 the complainant had travelled from Siddhpur, District Patan to village:- Meta for settling the case which was filed earlier by the complainant wherein, it is reflected from the compliant that the applicant No.1 had informed him to come at hotel Taj as there is a crowd in village and therefore settlement talks would not be possible. Thereafter it is alleged that the applicants along with some unknown persons came with deadly weapons and alleged to have abused the complainant by caste as well as beaten him. It is further alleged that one Abbas Assamdi had snatched a golden chain as well as one abbas rasul had taken out an amount of 10580/- from his pocket. It is in this manner the aforesaid written compliant came to be registered against the applicants.. Hence, the applicants prefers this application for quashing and setting aside the Criminal Complaint lodged before Chapi Police Station being C.R-I No. 10 of 2018.

3.2 It is further the case of the applicants in this application that the whole compliant is bogus, concocted and gotup compliant as no such incident had taken. place between the applicants and the complainant. The said fact can be easily ascertained from the fact that the allegation against one Abbasali Asamdi was made of looting a golden chain, that person had travelled abroad to Madinah for Haj on 23/3/2018 and the said incident is alleged to have taken place on 30/3/2018 which clearly shows that the whole compliant is a creativity of the complainant.

3.3 It is further the case of the applicants in this application that when the local villagers of village Meta came to know with regard to the said compliant, large number of villagers of different community had made representation to the District Superintendent of Police, Banaskantha on 4/4/2018 through Sarpanch of the village who also belongs to the community of the complainant that the said compliant is a false one and the said act is nothing but to pressurize the applicants pursuant to the earlier case. Hence, looking to the facts and circumstances of the case the compliant is required to be quashed and set-aside by this Honourable Court.

3.4 It is further the case of the applicants in this application that even if the whole issue if accepted as gospel truth than also it had arisen with regard to settlement of a case; however, to implicate the applicants into more serious offences, the complainant had come with an allegation of dacoity. and atrocity. Hence the compliant is required to be quashed and set-aside by this Honourable Court.

3.4 It is further the case of the applicants in this application that the complainant had also filed the complaint against the applicants being C.RI No. 55 of 2017 before Siddhpur Police Station for the offences punishable under section 143, 323, 504, 506(2) of the Indian Penal Code and section 3(1)(R)(S), 3(2)(5)(a) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Hence this Application.

4. Heard learned advocate Mr. Yogendra Thakore for the applicants and learned APP Mr. Dhawan Jayswal appearing for the respondent No.1 – State.

5. Though served respondent No.2, he has not chosen to remain to remain present or oppose this applicat

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