Meera Soni vs State of Madhya Pradesh

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2022 Supreme(MP) 1564

GURPAL SINGH AHLUWALIA
Meera Soni – Appellant
Versus
State of Madhya Pradesh – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
Shri H.K. Shukla, Advocate, for the Appellant; Shri C.P. Singh, Panel Lawyer, for the Respondent.

JUDGMENT

1. This application under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashment of FIR in Crime No.52/2021 registered at Police Station Seondha, District Datia for offence under Sections 323, 498-A, 506/34 of IPC read with Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

2. Before adverting to the facts of the case, this Court would like to point out certain disturbing facts. On 7/2/2022, the counsel for the applicants had made a statement that the applicant no.3-Pankaj Soni has expired, therefore, a week's time may be granted to file necessary application for deleting his name. Thereafter, the applicants filed IA No. 3180/2022 seeking recall of the order dated 7/2/2022 on the ground that by mistake the counsel for the applicants had made a false statement that applicant no.3-Pankaj Soni has expired, but in fact he is still alive. Since the statement regarding death of applicant no.3 was made by a Lawyer having a considerable long period of standing in the Bar and, therefore, it cannot be presumed that it was a rash and negligent act on the part of the counsel. It was deliberately made most probably in order to seek adjournment. A new method of killing their own client for the purpos