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HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND
Raj Narender Pal – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF UTTARAKHAND – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. overview of the petition and case facts (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. arguments on the applicability of criminal law (Para 4 , 5) |
| 3. court's analysis on civil vs criminal nature of dispute (Para 6) |
| 4. established principle against converting civil disputes into criminal cases (Para 7) |
| 5. dismissal of the c-482 petition (Para 8) |
JUDGMENT :
Subhash Upadhyay, J.
1. The present Criminal Misc. Application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, has been filed by the petitioner assailing the order dated 09.10.2015, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate, IInd, Haridwar, in Misc. Application No. 114 of 2015, Raj Narender Pal vs. Islam and others and the order dated 11.11.2016, passed by learned IIIrd Additional District and Sessions Judge, Haridwar in Criminal Revision No. 560 of 2015, Raj Narender Pal vs. State of Uttarakhand and with the further prayer to direct the learned Magistrate to decide the application of the applicant filed under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. on its merit.
2. Counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant sold his truck on 08.12.2014 to the respondent no. 4 and the respondent no. 3 was the mediator in the said sale; that a notarize agreement
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