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2023 Supreme(Mad) 2351

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
P. DHANABAL, J.
Nallasamy – Appellant
Versus
The Inspector of Police Anti Land Grabbing Special Cell, Sivagangai District & Others – Respondents
Crl.O.P.(MD).No. 14348 of 2017
Decided On : 18-07-2023

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner:R.M. Arun Swaminathan, Advocate. For the Respondents: R.M. Anbunithi, Additional Public Prosecutor.

Headnote:

Section 482 of Cr.P.C - Complaint Registration - Exhaustion of Remedy under Section 156(3) of Cr.P.C

Fact of the Case:

The petitioner filed a petition to direct the police to register a complaint against the proposed accused based on a complaint of property fraud. The petitioner alleged that the agent executed a sale deed for excess land by wrongly mentioning the measurement of the property.

Finding of the Court:

The court found that the petitioner had not exhausted the remedy under Section 156(3) of Cr.P.C before approaching the court under Section 482. Citing a previous judgment, the court held that the petitioner must first seek remedy before the Magistrate Court.

Issues: The main issue was whether the petitioner had to exhaust the remedy under Section 156(3) of Cr.P.C before approaching the court under Section 482.

Ratio Decidendi: The court relied on the judgment of the Hon'ble Division Bench in the case of G.Prabakaran vs The Superintendent of Police, Thanjavur District and another, which established the requirement for the petitioner to exhaust the remedy under Section 156(3) of Cr.P.C before approaching the court under Section 482.

Final Decision: The Criminal Original Petition was disposed of, with the court stating that the petitioner must exhaust the remedy under Section 156(3) of Cr.P.C before approaching the court under Section 482.

JUDGMENT

(Prayer: This Criminal Original Petition has been filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, to direct the respondent police to register the complaint against the proposed accused based on the petitioner''s complaint dated 17.07.2017, C.S.R.No.1719/2017 within the stipulate time that may be fixed by this Court.)

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to direct the respondent police to register the complaint against the proposed accused based on the complaint of the petitioner dated 17.07.2017 in C.S.R. No.1719 of 2017 within the stipulated time.

2. According to the petitioner he executed power deed in favour of the third respondent with respect to disputed property but the agent executed sale deed for excess land by wrongly mentioning the measurement of the property. He gave complaint before the first respondent police and C.S.R.No.1719 of 2017 was given but no action has been taken.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the petitioner has given complaint on 17.07.2017 and thereafter the first respondent had not taken any action and still the complaint has not been considered, hence he approached this Court for a direction to register the case.

4. The learned counsel appearing for the third respondent contended that this respondent being a power agent had executed sale deed on behalf of the petitioner to one Shanmuga Velu. At that time of executing sale deed and one side measurement was wrongly mentioned and it is purely a typographical error and he has no intention to cheat anybody, hence the petition is liable to be dismissed.

5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the first and second respondent represented that based on the letter received from the District Registrar the respondent police enquired the matter and this Court had stayed the matter vide order dated 27.10.2017in W.P(MD) No.19815 of 2017.

6. Heard both sides and perused the materials available on record.

7. On perusal of the records it is observed that the petitioner has filed this petition for directing the respondents to consider the representation dated 17.07.2012. The main grievance of the petitioner is that he executed a power deed in favour of the third respondent for particular extent, but the third respondent sold the property to one Shanmugavelu with excess land and thereby cheated the defacto complainant for which he gave the above representation. The petitioner has not approached the jurisdiction Magistrate under Section 156(3) of Cr.P.C had straight away filed this petition. The petitioner has not exhausted the remedy under section 156(3) of Cr.P.C. When the matter is pertaining to execution of documents and without exhausting the remedy before the concerned Magistrate, the petitioner has straight away come before this Court under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. As per the judgment of the Hon''ble Division Bench of this Court in CDJ 2018 MHC 5100, in the case of G.Prabakaran vs The Superintendent of Police, Thanjavur District and another the petitioner has to exhaust his remedy under Section 156(3) of Cr.P.C before the Magistrate Court. Hence the present petition is not maintainable. However the petitioner is at liberty to approach the Jurisdictional Magistrate to seek remedy in accordance with law.

8. With the above observation, this Criminal Original Petition is disposed of.

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