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2018 Supreme(Gau) 1361

IN THE HIGH COURT OF GAUHATI
Ajit Borthakur, J.
Daulat Ram Bangshall Alias Daulat Ram Bansal Alias Daulat Ram Agarwal and Ors. – Appellants
Vs.
State of Assam and anr. – Respondents
Criminal Petition No. 223 of 2015
Decided On : 13-06-2018

Advocates Appeared:
H. Nath, Adv., K.K. Dutta, Adv.

Headnote:

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 - Sections 200, 202, 203,208 , 202 (2) ,190 (1)(a) and 204 - Indian Penal Code,1860 - Sections 120B,323,395,397,307 ,34,392 and 506 - Arms Act - Section 25(1) (a) - Conspiracy to harass - Prayed for quashing - Petition under petitioners have prayed for quashing and setting aside Complaint Case being C.R. pending in court and petitioners are sons of petitioner and respondent brother married daughter of petitioner and Out of their wedlock two children were born and said respondent filed a Complaint Case, being C.R. Case in court of Chief Judicial Magistrate alleging inter-alia that after death of his brother accused/petitioners hatched up a conspiracy to harass him and his family members on different pretexts and it was alleged that on petitioner along with his wife visited house of witness and took away her along with children and ornaments valued at Rs without knowledge of her said witness for an F.I.R. was lodged with P.S., but no action has been so far taken by police and offences punishable under Indian Penal Code with of Arms Act - Held, Where there is an express legal bar engrafted in any of provisions of Code or concerned Act under which a criminal proceeding is instituted to institution and continuance of proceedings and where there is a specific provision in Code concerned Act providing efficacious redress for grievance of aggrieved party and where a criminal proceeding is manifestly attended with mala fide - It appears that allegations made in complaint and statements of witnesses in support of same taken at their face value as Magistrate found prima-facie disclosed essential ingredients of offences and accordingly issued process vide impugned order although subsequently as stated above Sessions Judge after re-appreciation of materials on record and hearing counsel of both sides found prima-facie material to fame charges by way of modification of penal offences under which case was committed to him and complaint proceeding cannot be said to have not based on evidence or material which are wholly irrelevant or inadmissible in view of possible defense case which relates to various disputed facts which can be considered during trial of case where defense can exercise right to dislodge complainants case by way of cross-examination of his witnesses or adducing evidence in defense and in result petition fails and accordingly - Petition is dismissed

JUDGMENT & ORDER :

Ajit Borthakur, J.

Heard Mr. D. Das, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioners and Mr. D. Saikia, learned Senior Counsel for the respondent No. 2. Also heard Mr. B. Gogoi, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, Assam, appearing for the respondent No. 1 State.

2. By filing this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the petitioners have prayed for quashing and setting aside the Complaint Case, being C.R. No. 5304c of 2012, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhubri and all the orders more particularly the order, dated 25.07.2013, passed in the said case and further, the order, dated 18.09.2014, passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Dhubri in Sessions Case No. 143 of 2014.

3. The petitioners' case, in a nutshell, is that the petitioner Nos. 2 and 3 are the sons of petitioner No. 1 and the respondent No. 2's brother Nitin Kumar Agarwala married the daughter of the petitioner No. 1, namely, Seema Agarwala, on 06.05.2006. Out of their wedlock 2 (two) children were born. On 12.04.2012, said Nitin Kumar Agarwala died. On 20.12.2012, the respondent No. 2 filed a Complaint Case, being C.R. Case No. 5304c/2012, in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhubri, alleging, inter-alia, that after death of his brother Nitin Kumar Agarwala, the accused/petitioners herein hatched up a conspiracy to harass him and his family members, on different pretexts. It was alleged that on 26.06.2012, the petitioner No. 1 herein along with his wife visited the house of the witness No. 1, namely, Mahabir Prasad Mukim and took away Seema Agarwala along with her children and ornaments etc. valued at Rs. 9,10,000/- without the knowledge of the said witness No. 1, for which reason, an F.I.R. was lodged with Dhubri P.S., but no action has been so far taken by the police. It was further alleged that on 19.12.2012 at about 8:00 A.M., the accused/petitioners herein along with 3 (three) unidentified persons entered into the house of the complainant/respondent No. 2 herein, while he and the witness No. 1 were talking with the witness No. 4 and witness Nos. 2 and 3 were working in the house, the accused/petitioner No. 3 herein put a pistol on the head of the witness No. 1 and directed him to withdraw the guardianship petition filed in the court at Dhubri and also the accused/petitioner No. 1 herein took the key of the almirah from the witness No. 1 and took an amount of Rs. 30,000/- from the almirah and the remaining accused/petitioners threatened to kill the complainant/respondent No. 2 and the witnesses, if they raised any hue and cry. Accordingly, the said complaint case was filed alleging commission of the offences, punishable under Sections 120B/323/395/397/307 IPC read with Section 25(1) (a) of the Arms Act.

4. The petitioners have further contended that the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhubri having made over the case for disposal, the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dhubri, after making necessary inquiry, by the impugned order, dated 25.07.2013, has taken cognizance of the offences under Sections 120B/395/34 IPC read with Section 25(1) (A) of the Arms Act against the accused/petitioners herein and thereafter, by order, dated 02.05.2014, committed the case to the court of learned Sessions Judge, Dhubri under Section 209 Cr.P.C. Thereafter, on perusal of the materials on record and hearing the learned counsel of both sides, framed charges under Sections 392/506/34 IPC against the petitioners and as the said offences are Magistrate triable, transferred the case for trial to the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhubri vide the impugned order, dated 18.09.2014.

5. Mr. D. Das, learned Senior Counsel for the accused/petitioners submitted that the allegations made in the complaint are out and out false and fabricated with the sole purpose to put the petitioners in unwarranted harassment and it is a clear case of abuse of the process of court in as much as the respondent No. 2's complaint cas





















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