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2018 Supreme(Raj) 155

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR
P.K. LOHRA, J.
Saraswati Devi W/o Shiv Lal – Petitioner
Versus
The State of Rajasthan – Respondent
S.B. Criminal Revision No. 738 of 2017
Decided On : 05-03-2018

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. P.R. Choudhary.
For the Respondents: Mr. Rajesh Bhati, Mr. Anand Purohit and Mr. Himanshu Purohit.

Headnote:

Indian Penal Code, 1860 - Sections 451, 366, 323/34, 376, 342 , 366A , 376, 458, 366, 323 & 34 - Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 -228, 227 397, 401,156, 164 ,299 , 209 - House trespass – Kidnapping – Voluntarily causing hurt – Commits rape – Wrongfil confinement – Charges frames – Discharge - Succinctly stated, facts of the case are that petitioner-complainant laid a complaint against accused-respondent before Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Marwar Junction, District Pali, inter-alia, alleging offence under Sections 342 & 366A IPC. The learned Magistrate, thereupon, forwarded the same under sub-section (3) of Section 156 Cr.P.C. to Police Station Siriyari, District Pali and pursuant thereto FIR No. 8/2010 was registered for aforesaid offences. During investigation, police recorded statement of petitioner’s daughter (prosecutrix) under Section 164 Cr.P.C. and upon completion of investigation filed charge-sheet against accused-respondent for offence under Section 299 Cr.P.C. The learned Magistrate, after considering the offences slapped against accused-respondent, passed an order under Section 209 Cr.P.C. for committing the case to the Court of Sessions. The learned Sessions Judge, thereafter, transferred the matter to learned trial Court. – Held, In common parlance, medical opinion cannot be underplayed at mere whims and fancy and opinion of physicians and surgeons deserves due credence to show physical condition of a person, nature of a disease and effect of such disease upon body and mind of an individual. Similarly, symptoms and peculiarity of a disease and its probable future consequences can be prima facie looked into by the Court for recording its satisfaction that there is no sufficient ground for proceeding against the accused. In totality, the learned trial Court while recording such satisfaction has rightly exercised its power under Section 227 Cr.P.C. to sift and weigh the evidence for the limited purpose of finding out whether or not a prima-facie case against the accused has been made out. – Petition dismissed.

ORDER :

1. By the instant criminal revision petition under Section 397 read with Section 401 Cr.P.C. petitioner-complainant has assailed order dated 17th of February, 2017, passed by Addl. Sessions Judge, Pali District, Pali (for short, learned trial Court). By the order impugned, learned trial Court, after hearing arguments on charge, while resorting to Section 227 Cr.P.C. discharged the accused-respondent for offence under Section 376 IPC but framed charges under Section 228 Cr.P.C. for offence punishable under Sections 451, 366, 323/34 IPC.

2. Succinctly stated, facts of the case are that petitioner-complainant laid a complaint against accused-respondent before Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Marwar Junction, District Pali, inter-alia, alleging offence under Sections 342 & 366A IPC. The learned Magistrate, thereupon, forwarded the same under sub-section (3) of Section 156 Cr.P.C. to Police Station Siriyari, District Pali and pursuant thereto FIR No. 8/2010 was registered for aforesaid offences. During investigation, police recorded statement of petitioner’s daughter (prosecutrix) under Section 164 Cr.P.C. and upon completion of investigation filed charge-sheet against accused-respondent for offence under Section 299 Cr.P.C. The learned Magistrate, after considering the offences slapped against accused-respondent, passed an order under Section 209 Cr.P.C. for committing the case to the Court of Sessions. The learned Sessions Judge, thereafter, transferred the matter to learned trial Court.

3. It so happened that after submission of charge-sheet against him, at the behest of respondent, a criminal misc. petition bearing No. 422/2012 is preferred before this Court for quashing the charge-sheet and the same is decided on 10th of February, 2012 with the following observations:

“However, looking to the contention of learned senior counsel that the petitioner is an impotent person, it is hereby directed that the petitioner should surrender himself before the trial court and on his so surrendering, the medical examination of the petitioner shall be conducted by a medical board, particularly for the examination of potency of the petitioner, and thereafter, the petitioner shall be entitled to raise all his objections against his proposed prosecution at the stage of consideration of the charges and in the event of medical board’s report being favourable to the petitioner, the trial court shall be under an obligation to consider the same as per law and in reference to the period during which the offence was committed.”

4. Later on, accused-respondent surrendered and in due course of time in compliance of order of the Court subjected to medical examination by the Board. Learned trial Court, thereafter, heard arguments for framing charge against the accused-respondent and upon consideration of the available material and the report of Medical Board framed charges against him for offence under Sections 376, 458, 366, 323 & 34 IPC by its order dated 25.09.2013.

5. Being aggrieved by the said order, accused-respondent preferred a revision petition before this Court, which was registered as S.B. Criminal Revision Petition No. 767/2013. The aforesaid revision petition was decided on 19th of September 2014. The operative part of order dated 19th of September 2014, in vernacular, reads as under:

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