SUDESH BANSAL
Anil Roop Mathur – Appellant
Versus
State of Rajasthan – Respondent
ORDER :
Mr. Sudesh Bansal, J. - The matter comes up on an application for vacation of stay order dated 7-2-2024, however, with consent of parties, the matter has been heard finally on merits.
2. Instant Criminal misc. petition under Section 482 CrPC has been filed by accused petitioner challenging the order dated 5-11- 2022 in Case No.27/2008 passed by the Additional Civil Judge & Metropolitan Magistrate No.12 Jaipur Metropolitan-II, whereby petitioner's application under section 91 CrPC has been partly allowed for production of CD only, and the request for summoning three photographs, documents of patent and copyright, brochure of Diwali and Dusshera and hard disk has been declined.
3. Facts of the case are that on filing a complaint, FIR No.127/2007 came to be lodged at PS Mahesh Nagar Jaipur for offences under section 406 and 120B IPC alleging therein that about 118 coloured photographs and 4 other coloured photographs as a brochure and for the purpose of publishing the said brochure he prepared a design on the computer and after preparing its CD the complainant provided to petitioner for printing in the press with a condition that the accused will not further publish those photogr
The court upheld the trial court's discretion under Section 91 CrPC, affirming that only necessary documents for a just decision should be summoned.
The summoning of documents under Section 91 of Cr.P.C. can be done at any stage of the trial and is not limited to the defense stage.
Point of law: Quash of order - it is not upon accused to disprove their case or to show who the guilty is, and the entire Durden of proving the guilt of accused beyond reasonable doubt would be sole....
The main legal point established in the judgment is that accused persons are entitled to invoke Section 91 CrPC after the filing of the charge-sheet, and the trial Court has the jurisdiction to direc....
The accused cannot invoke Section 91 of the Cr.P.C. at the charge framing stage, as the necessity of documents for defense is not relevant at that point.
The court emphasized the importance of Section 91 of Cr.P.C. in enabling the court to summon relevant documents or materials for a fair trial.
The accused cannot invoke Section 91 CrPC to produce documents for defense at the charge framing stage; only prosecution materials are considered.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the accused's entitlement to seek production of documents under Sec. 91 would ordinarily not come till the stage of defense, and the expressio....
The right to a speedy trial is integral to Article 21 of the Constitution, and unreasonable delays due to prosecution can infringe this right, potentially warranting a quashing of proceedings.
The right to a speedy trial is integral to the right to free and fair trial under Article 21, impacted by delays and the non-availability of documentary evidence.
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