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2006 Supreme(All) 3145

[2007(2) ADJ 434 (DB)]
ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
BEFORE : IMTIYAZ MURTAZA AND AMAR SARAN, JJ.
GULAB SINGH AND OTHERS —Petitioners
Versus
STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS —Respondents
(Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 7052 of 2006, decided on 1st December, 2006)

Advocates appeared:
S.P.S. Raghav, D.V. Singh, Anil Raghav and V.P. Srivastava for the Petitioners; G.S. Hajela, Manish Tiwari, Ashwini Kumar Awasthi, A.G.A. for the Respondents.

Headnote:Investigation—Powers of High Court to issue directions for—Acid thrown on Ex-MLA of ruling party (S.P.) in early morning—Causing grievous burn injuries on his face and other parts of body—In F.I.R. none was named—It was lodged against two unnamed youngmen and a third person—As per F.I.R. version all of them came by motor-cycle and one of them thrown acid on injured—First of all names of two persons came to light after four days of incident—Accused persons denied their involvement and alleged their false implication out of political reasons—High Court considered entire materials placed on record relating to false implication and found that these materials prima facie give rise to suspicion in mind of Court about fairness and impartiality of investigation—Injured died after 50 days of incident—There were several puzzling facts which led High Court to direct investigation by C.B.I. into entire matter—Consent, envisaged by Section 6—Not a condition precedent for compliance of direction by High Court—Section 6 does not apply when Court issues direction for investigation by C.B.I.—Moreover, mere ground that further investigation by C.B.I. will cause delay—Is no ground for refusing direction for investigation—Mere submission of charge-sheet by police—Is also not a bar for issuing direction for investigation. [Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946, Section 6—Constitution of India, Article 226—(Indian) Penal Code, 1860, Sections 326 and 302—Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Sections 173(2) and 173(8)]. [Paras 18 to 34 and 36 to 39]

       

JUDGMENT

Honble Amar Saran, J.—We have heard Sri V.P. Srivastava, Senior Advocate, assisted by Sri D.V. Singh learned Counsel for the petitioner, Sri Manish Tiwari learned Counsel for the respondent No. 5 and learned AGA and perused the affidavits filed by the parties.

2. This writ petition was filed for the following reliefs :

(a) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned first information report dated 19.4.2006, lodged by the respondent No. 4, as Case Crime No. 62307060121 of 2006, FIR No. 108 of 2006 under Section 326 I.P.C. Police Station Colonelganj District Allahabad (Annexure-1 to the writ petition).

(b) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent authorities not to arrest/prosecute the petitioner, nor to adopt any coercive measures, harassment etc. in pursuance of the first information report dated 19.4.2006, lodged by the respondent No. 4 as Case Crime No. 62307060121 of 2006, F.I.R. No. 108 of 2006 under Section 326, I.P.C. Police Station Colonelganj District Allahabad (Annexure-1 to the writ petition).

(c) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the Central Bureau of Investigation to investigate the matter of Case Crime No. 62307060121 of 2006 F.I.R. No. 108 of 2006 under Section 326, IPC, PS Colonelganj, District Allahabad.

(d) Issue any other suitable writ, direction or order which this Hon’ble Court may deem just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case filed by the petitioner before this Hon’ble Court for redressal of his grievance.

(e) To award the cost of the writ petition to the petitioner.”

3. However, at the time of arguments, learned Counsel for the petitioner submitted that he does not press the reliefs ‘(a)’ and ‘(b)’ and he was pressing only relief ‘(c)’, that the matter pertaining to case Crime No. 62307060121 of 2006, FIR No. 108 of 2006, under Section 326, I.P.C. PS Colonel Ganj, District Allahabad, be investigated by the CBI.

4. The facts of this case as disclosed in the FIR were that Ramakant Misra, an ex-MLA, left his home in mohalla Balrampur, Allahabad, for a morning walk at 7 a.m. on 19.4.2006. Near the residence of Siddhartha Gautam, two young men riding on a motorcycle threw acid on him due to some political enmity. As a result of this acid attack, his face and chest were grievously charred and Ramakant Misra fell at the spot. He was taken to Alka Hospital and thereafter a report to this effect was lodged by his son Rajendra Kumar Misra on 19.4.2006 at 9.30 a.m. at police station Colonelganj, Allahabad.

5. It has been mentioned in paragraph 8 of the counter-affidavit filed by SI, PS Colonel Ganj, District Allahabad, that after his initial medical examination by a doctor at S.R.N. Hospital at Allahabad on 19.4.2006 at about 10.55 a.m. he was flown to New Delhi and had been admitted to Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi. It has further been mentioned in the said paragraph that the statement of Ramakant Misra was recorded on 23.4.2006 by Sri P.D. Meena, ASI, at the Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi.

6. In the said statement Ramakant Misra is said to have disclosed that the acid was thrown on him by the petitioners, Gulab Singh and Deepak Patel and that they were accompanied by a third person. The said statement was recorded by Sri Meena after obtaining a certificate of fitness of the injured from the concerned doctor. Ramakant Misra died on 8.6.2006 at Safdarjang Hospital in New Delhi and after his death the case was converted into one under Section 302, IPC by CD No. 16 of 2006. A writ petition was thereafter filed by the petitioners before this Court in which the following orders were passed staying the arrest of the petitioners by a Division Bench on 2.6.2006:

“Heard learned Counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Government Advocate representing respondent Nos. 1, 2 and 3. He prays for and is granted a week’s time to file counter-affidavit. Respondent No. 4 may also file
























































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