Zaki Ur Rahman Siddiqui vs State of U. P.

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2022 Supreme(All) 973

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
Samit Gopal, J.
Zaki Ur Rahman Siddiqui – Applicant
Versus
State of U.P. and Another – Respondents
Application U/s 482 No. 17101, 16848, 17097, 17099, 17100, 17102, 17103, 17127, 17128, 17131, 17251, 17257, 17263, 17360, 17363, 17416, 17655, 17659, 17663, 17669, 17673, 17677, 17681, 17683, 17998, 17999, 18942, 18948, 18954, 19070, 19071, 19072, 19074, 19078, 19710, 19751, 19785, 19904, 19907, 20167, 20172, 20176, 20180, 20188, 20193, 20195, 20203, 20211, 20228, 20234, 20238 of 2020, 155, 168, 249, 255, 262, 276, 281, 290, 304, 307, 311, 317, 321, 355, 357, 358, 1126, 1140, 1141, 1143, 1149, 1398, 1404, 2911, 2916, 3039, 9822, 9832, 10254, 14212, 14851 of 2021
Decided On : 30-09-2022

Subject

Criminal Law - Quashing of FIRs

Act Referred

CONSTITUTION OF INDIA: Art.226
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE: S.441, S.447, S.482, S.156(1), S.155(2)
INDIAN PENAL CODE: S.506, S.447, S.342, S.323, S.504, S.420, S.120(b), S.384
UTTAR PRADESH REVENUE CODE: S.178

Headnote

(A) Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Section 482 - Multiple petitions for quashing charge sheets - Common allegations of land coercion and threats by public figures - No legal impediment found; FIRs independent with distinct victims and lands - Petitioners argued against political motives, irregularities in proceedings, and non-culpability. (Paras 1-24)

(B) Criminal Procedure - Inherent powers of High Court - Great care before quashing proceedings - Only in exceptional cases if allegations are frivolous or do not disclose an offense. Defaulting FIRs or similar events do not invalidate, as each stands unique. (Paras 1, 6, 18-22)

(C) Dismissal of quashing applications upheld; legal scrutiny necessitated based on each complaint. (Paras 18-24)

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Applicant : Sadaful Islam Jafri, Khalid Mahmood, Nazrul Islam Jafri (Senior Adv.)

JUDGMENT :

Samit Gopal, J.

1. These 82 petitions filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ("Cr.P.C.") are connected together as they have common issues within themselves which are interlinked. They all have been filed after the investigation in the respective matters has concluded, charge- sheets have been filed and the accused persons have been summoned to face trial. The stage of filing of the petitions is after cognizance on the charge-sheets have been taken by the concerned court and the accused persons have been summoned. The challenge in all the petitions is thus at the stage of summoning.

2. At this stage it would be important to give the details of the First Information Reports in a tabular form case crime number wise. In all there are 27 case crime numbers covering the full bunch of cases. The details are as follows (Table-A) :-

Table-A

Sl. No.	Date of lodging of FIR	Case Crime No., sections, Police Station, District Case Crime No.	First informant	Accused named in FIR	Identification of land Gata No. 1239, Area 0.114 Hect., Gata No. 1232, Area
1	12.7.2019	0224 of 2019, u/ss. 342, 447, 506, 384 I.P.C., P.S. Azeemnagar, District Rampur. Case Crime No.	Manoj Kumar, Revenue Inspector	(i) Mohammad Azam Khan, (ii) Aley Hasan Khan	0.126 hect., Gata No. 1415 Area 0.089 hect., Gata No. 1253/1, Area 0.089 hect., Gata No. 1319 Kha, Area 1.294 hect.,
2	13.7.2019	0226/2019, U/S. 323, 342, 447, 384, 504, 506 I.P.C., P.S.-Azeem Nagar, District Rampur Case Crime No.	Yaseen	(i) Azam Khan (ii) Aley Hasan Khan, Former C.O., City.	Khet No. 1232, Area
3	13.7.2019	0227/2019, U/S. 323, 342, 447, 384, 506 I.P.C., P.S.-Azeem Nagar, District Rampur Case Crime No.	Bandey Ali	(i) Azam Khan (ii) Aley Hasan Khan, Former C.O., City.	Gata No. 1232
4	14.7.2019	0228/2019, U/S. 323, 342, 447, 384, 506 I.P.C., P.S.-Azeem Nagar, District Rampur	Mohd. Ahmad	(i) Azam Khan (ii) Aley Hasan Khan, Former C.O., City.	Gata No. 1232
5	15.7.2019	Case Crime No. 0232/2019, U/S. 342, 447, 384, 506 I.P.C., P.S.-Azeem Nagar, District Rampur	Kallan	(i) Azam Khan (ii) Aley Hasan Khan, Former C.O., City.	Bhumi No. 1230
6	16.7.2019	Case Crime No. 0235/2019, U/S. 342, 447, 384, 504, 506 I.P.C., P.S.-Azeem Nagar, District Rampur	Haneef	(i) Azam Khan (ii) Aley Hasan Khan, Former C.O., City.	Bhumi No. 1232
7	16.7.2019	Case Crime No. 0236/2019, U/S.323, 342, 447, 384, 506 I.P.C., P.S.-Azeem Nagar, District Rampur	Shareef Ahmad	(i) Azam Khan (ii) Aley Hasan Khan, Former C.O., City.	Bhumi No. 1230
8	16.7.2019	Case Crime No. 0237/2019, U/S.323, 342, 447, 384, 506 I.P.C., P.S.-Azeem Nagar, District Rampur	Mohd. Mustakeem	(i) Azam Khan (ii) Aley Hasan Khan, Former C.O., City.	Bhumi No. 1415
9	16.7.2019	Case Crime No. 0238/2019, U/S.323, 342, 447, 384, 506 I.P.C., P.S.-Azeem Nagar, District Rampur	Matloob	(i) Azam Khan (ii) Aley Hasan Khan, Former C.O., City.	Bhumi No. 1319-Kha
10	16.7.2019	Case Crime No. 0239/2019, U/S. 342, 447, 384, 506 I.P.C., P.S.-Azeem Nagar, District Rampur	Nasir	(i) Azam Khan (ii) Aley Hasan Khan, Former C.O., City.	Bhumi No. 1232
11	16.7.2019	Case Crime No. 0240/2019, U/S. 323, 342, 447, 384, 506 I.P.C., P.S.-Azeem Nagar, District Rampur	Nazim	(i) Azam Khan (ii) Aley Hasan Khan, Former C.O., City.	Bhumi No. 1253/1
12	16.7.2019	Case Crime No. 0241/2019, U/S. 323, 342, 447, 384, 506 I.P.C., P.S.-Azeem Nagar, District Rampur	Nabbu	(i) Azam Khan (ii) Aley Hasan Khan, Former C.O., City.	Bhumi No. 1253/1
13	16.7.2019	Case Crime No. 0242/2019, U/S. 342, 447, 384, 506 I.P.C., P.S.-Azeem Nagar, District Rampur	Zumm