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Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC-LKO:12337 A.F.R.

Reserved On 16.11.2023

Delivered On 09.02.2024

Court No. - 07

Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 10136 of 2023

Applicant :- Kamlesh Singh (In Adhaar Kamlesh Kumar Singh )

And Another

Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home, Lko.

And Another

Counsel for Applicant :- Dhirendra Pratap Singh

Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Shishir Pradhan

Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J.

1. Third application for Interim relief filed in the Court

today, is taken on record.

2. Heard Sri Dhirendra Pratap Singh, learned counsel for

the applicants, Sri Anirudha Kumar Singh, learned AGA for the

State and Sri Shishir Pradhan, Advocate, learned counsel for

the opposite party No.2.

3. By means of instant application under Section 482

Cr.P.C. Kamlesh Singh and Bhagauti Singh, have approached

this Court impeaching the order dated 27.03.2023 passed by

the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.9, Raebareli (in short

"C.J.M.") in Case No.8528 of 2020 and have also assailed the

order dated 30.09.2023 passed by the Additional District and

Sessions Judge-II, Raebareli (in short "revisional court") in

Criminal Revision No.139 of 2023 as also the Charge Sheet

No.369 dated 12.11.1992, Charge Sheet No.49 dated 26.11.1998

and Charge Sheet No.49A dated 12.04.2001, arising out of Case

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Crime No.373 of 1991 under Sections 147, 148, 149 & 302 IPC,

P.S.-Kotwali, District-Raebareli.

4. Vide impugned order dated 27.03.2023, C.J.M. took

cognizance against all the accused persons and abated the

proceedings against Ashok Kumar Singh and Akhilesh Singh on

account of the fact that during pendency of the trial these

accused were expired.

5. Vide order dated 30.09.2023 the revisional court

dismissed the Criminal Revision No.139 of 2023, which was

filed assailing the order dated 27.03.2023 passed by the C.J.M.

6. Brief facts, which are relevant for the purposes of

disposal of present application, are to the effect that after

lodging of an FIR dated 27.07.1991 of murder of Iqbal Haider

Raza implicating Akhilesh Singh, Kamlesh Singh, Ashok Singh

(in documents on record name of the accused is also indicated

as Ashok Kumar Singh) and Bhagauti Singh, the local police

started the investigation. The investigation subsequently was

transferred to CBCID from local police on 01.08.1991, as

indicated in the application. Thereafter, investigation was again

transferred from CBCID to local police on 15.10.1991. The

order of transferring the investigation from CBCID to local

police was assailed before this Court by means of Writ Petition

No.3523 (M/B) of 1991, which was subsequently dismissed as

not pressed vide order dated 01.10.1992. After dismissal of

aforesaid writ petition on 01.10.1992, Charge Sheet No.369

dated 12.11.1992 was prepared by the local police, however,

the same was not filed before the trial Court on account of

interim order dated 13.11.1992 passed in Writ Petition No.4672

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(M/B) of 1992 and this Court provided liberty to CBCID to

investigate the case. After the order of this Court dated

13.11.1992, the local police on 26.07.1997 sent the entire

documents/case diary to CBCID and thereafter, the CBCID

started the investigation on 23.05.1998 and after due

investigation, the CBCID submitted the Charge Sheet No.49

dated 26.11.1998 before the competent court of jurisdiction

upon which the cognizance was taken on 02.12.1998.

7. At this stage, this Court finds it appropriate to

reproduce the relevant contents of the Parcha No.25/Charge

Sheet dated 26.11.1998, as available on record (Annexure

No.10), which reads as under:-

"अब तक की की तमामी विेचना से संकलित साक्ष्य क

े आधार पर

अभियुक्त अलिेश सिंसह पुत्र धुन्नी सिंसह कमेश सिंसह पुत्र धुन्नी सिंसह

अशोक सिंसह पुत्र देेन्द्र सिंसह विनासी ाूपुर चौहान थाना महाराजगंज एं

गती सिंसह पुत्र श्री देी बक्स सिंसह विनासी पूरे आदमपुर थाना

महाराजगंज जनपद रायबरेी क

े विरुद्ध विदनांक

27

जुाई

91

को श्री

इकबा हैदर रजा को रावित्र

8:30

बजे उनक

े घर में दराजा ुाकर

गोी मारकर हत्या करने का अपराध प्रथम दृवि:या धारा

147 148 149

302

ारतीय दंड विधान क

े अंतग<त प्रथम दृवि:या होना सिसद्ध है अभियुक्त

अलिेश सिंसह कमेश सिंसह क

े विरुद्ध विदनांक

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नंबर

92

को

स्थानीय पुलिस द्वारा माह फररी में आरोप पत्र संख्या

369

विदनांक

12

नंबर

92

को प्रेविBत विकया गया विेचना से ताईद एं तस्दीक की जाती

है।

अभियुक्त अशोक क

ुमार सिंसह पुत्र देेंद्र सिंसह उफ

< छोटे ा सिंसह विनासी

ग्राम ापुर चौहान थाना महाराजगंज एं गती सिंसह पुत्र देी बक्स

सिंसह ग्राम पुरे गोसाई माजरा आदमपुर थाना महाराजगंज सिजा रायबरेी

क

े विरुद्ध इकबा हैदर रजा की हत्या करने और प्रथम दृवि:या सिसद्ध होने

क

े फस्रूप धारा 147 148 149 302 ारतीय दंड विधान क

े

अंतग<त आरोप पत्र प्रेविBत।

विेचना समाप्त की जाती है"

8. The earlier part of above quoted Charge Sheet dated

26.11.1998 indicates that therein Investigating Officer (in short

"I.O.") specifically observed that after due investigation, prima

facie, offence of murder of Iqbal Haider Raza is made out

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against accused Akhilesh Singh, Kamlesh Singh, Ashok Singh

and Bhagauti Singh and thereafter confirmed and verified the

Parcha No.369/Charge Sheet dated 12.11.1992, which was with

regard to two accused namely Akhilesh Singh and Kamlesh

Singh, the same reads as under:-

"श्रीमान जी से विनेदन है विक विद० 27.7.91 को ादी मुकदमा ाना

नं०1 श्री नदीम इकबा पुत्र श्री इकबा रजा हैदर क

े मकान स्थिस्थत मो०

दक्षिMणी जहानाबाद थाना कोताी रायबरेी पर गग 8.30 बजे रात

मुस्थिOजमान ाना नं०3 मय अपने साभिथयों मुस्थिOजमान ाना नं०2 क

े

साथ एक राय होकर सस्त्रों से सुसलिRत पुरानी दुश्मनी क

े कारण उसक

े

माकन पर पहुंचे और ादी क

े विपता श्री इकबा रजा हैदर पुत्र श्री हाजी

अब्दु गफ

ूर को फायर करक

े गोलियों से मौक

े पर ही जान से मार डाे।

मुस्थिOजमान ादी गाहान द्वारा मौक

े पर विबजी की रोशनी में देे

पहचाने ादी की तहरीरी सूचना पर विदनांक 27.7.91 को 21.30 बजे

थाना स्थानीय पर मुस्थिOजमान क

े विरुद्ध अभियोग पंजीक

ृत हुआ। विेचना

की गयी। विेचना से बयानात गाहान, विनरीMण घटनास्थ, नतीजा

PM से मुस्थिOजमान क

े विरूद्ध जुम< धारा 147/148/149/302 IPC

बनता है। अस्तु विगरफ्तार न होने कारण चाान मफरूरी में विकया जाता है।

गाहान सबूत तब करक

े इनक

े विरूद्ध काय<ाही करने की क

ृपा की

जाय।"

9. From a conjoint reading of contents of the FIR and the

above quoted portion(s) of the Charge Sheet(s) dated

26.11.1998 and 12.11.1992, it is apparent that all the accused

committed crime against whom the FIR was lodged namely

Akhilesh Singh, Kamlesh Singh, Ashok Singh and Bhagauti

Singh and therefore in the earlier part of Charge Sheet dated

26.11.1998 the I.O. in specific terms indicated that the Charge

Sheet dated 12.11.1992 is confirmed and verified and thereafter

in later part of Charge Sheet dated 26.11.1998 the I.O.

indicated the names of accused namely Ashok Singh and

Bhagauti Singh, against whom the Charge Sheet was not

prepared earlier.

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10. It is evident from the above quoted portion of Charge

Sheet dated 26.11.1998 that I.O. has not indicated therein that

the sufficient material/evidence is not available against accused

namely Akhilesh Singh and Kamlesh Singh.

11. It would further be relevant to indicate that vide

order dated 02.12.1998 the cognizance was taken by the C.J.M.

against all the accused persons. The order dated 02.12.1998 on

reproduction reads as under:-

"आज आरोप पत्र अन्तग<त आ० सं० 373/91, धारा 147, 148,

149, 302 ा०द०वि०, थाना-कोताी, रायबरेी क

े अभियुक्तगण

अशोक सिंसह गौती सिंसह, अलिेश क

ुमार सिंसह कमेश क

े विरुद्ध,

C.B.C.I.D. द्वारा प्राप्त हुआ। पढ़ा।

आदेश हुआ विक प्रसंज्ञान विकया गया। दज< रसिजस्टर हो। नकें बनायी

जायें। विद० 10.12.98 क

े ास्ते आदेश पेश हों।"

12. The order dated 02.12.1998 was assailed by means of

Criminal Revision No.6 of 1999. This revision was filed by all

the accused namely Kamlesh Singh, Akhilesh Singh, Bhagauti

Singh and Ashok Singh. The revisional Court allowed the

revision vide order dated 11.05.1999 and remanded the matter

back to the C.J.M. for re-consideration in the light of the

observation made in the order dated 11.05.1999. The

observation being relevant, as pointed by the learned counsel

for the applicants, on reproduction, reads as under:-

"As said above, the chargesheet, in which cognizance

has been taken, only two accused are named, namely,

Ashok singh and Bhagauti Singh, and in the other

Charge Sheet Akhilesh Kumar Singh and Kamlesh

Singh are accused and Ashok Singh and Bhagauti

Singh are named as suspected accused. The subsequent

chargesheet (paper no.5Ka/3) is neither duly filed in

the court by the investigating agency nor cognizance

has been taken by the learned Chief Judicial

Magistrate, Raebareli, but all the four accused,

mentioned above, have been summoned. In the

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circumstances, aforementioned, there appears to be

material irregularity in exercise of Jurisdiction and it

does not appear that mind has been applied by the

learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rae Bareli on paper

no. 5Ka/3 aforementioned.

In view of the aforementioned circumstances, the case

deserves to be sent back for reconsideration by the

learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rae Bareli. The

learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rae Bareli, shall

make enquiry as to who scored out the signature and

date on paper no. 5Ka/3 and thereafter, after applying

his mind on paper no.5Ka/3 (chargesheet) and its

validity, he shall pass necessary orders. The revisions

are directed to appear and object before the Chief

Judicial Magistrate, Rae Bareli, and if they do so,

their submission shall be considered.