2022 Supreme(Online)(All) 17097
ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
SATENDRA KUMAR AND ANOTHER – Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. AND ANOTHER – Respondent
A482 11515/2021
['AJENDRA KUMAR', 'G A', '', 'Vikash Srivastava A R']
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Court No. - 80
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 11515 of 2021
Applicant :- Satendra Kumar And Another
Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another
Counsel for Applicant :- Ajendra Kumar
Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Vikash Srivastava A.
R..0236/2012
Hon'ble Rajeev Misra,J.
1. Heard Mr. Ajendra Kumar, the learned counsel for applicants, the
learned A.G.A. for State and Mr. Vikash Srivastava, the learned
counsel representing first informant/opposite party-2.
2. Instant application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed
challenging charge-sheet dated 28.01.2021 submitted in Case Crime
No. 311 of 2019, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C. P.S.
Awagarh, District-Etah, Cognizance Taking Order/Summoning
Order dated 24.02.2021 passed by Civil Judge (Junior
Division)/Judicial Magistrate, Jalesar, District-Etah, in consequential
Criminal Case No. 84 of 2021 (State Vs. Satendra Kumar and
another) under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C. P.S. Awagarh,
District-Etah as well as entire proceedings of aforementioned
criminal case now pending in the court of Civil Judge (Junior
Division)/Judicial Magistrate, Jalesar, District-Etah.
3. Perused the record.
4. There is a brief history behind emergence of the Case Crime
Number giving rise to present criminal proceedings. Same also
needs to be noticed as present criminal proceedings stem out of the
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same. Record shows that in respect of an incident, which is alleged
to have occurred on 23.05.2017, a delayed F.I.R. dated 24.05.2017
was lodged by Turram Singh father of applicant-1 Satendra Kumar
and was registered as Case Crime No. 387 of 2017, under Sections
147, 148, 149, 307, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station-Awagarh,
District-Etah. In the aforesaid F.I.R., five persons, namely, Sumitra
Devi, Neetoo, Suneeta, Babita and Prateek Yadav have been
nominated as named accused, whereas three unknown persons have
also been arraigned as accused.
5. The gravamen of the allegations made in the F.I.R. is to the effect
that named accused along-with others committed criminality upon
first informant/opposite party-2 and his other family members on
account of which, Satendra Kumar, son of first informant sustained
injuries.
6. After registration of aforementioned F.I.R., Investigating Officer
proceeded with statutory investigation of afore-mentioned case
crime number in terms of Chapter XII Cr.P.C. The injured Satendra
Kumar was got medically examined by the Police itself at Agra
Medical College, Agra. The injury report of injured has been brought
on record as Annexure-18 to the affidavit filed in support of present
application. Subsequently, the injured Satendra Kumar got his
NCCT of brain. The said report was also submitted before the
investigating Officer. Copy of same is also on record as part of
Annexure-18 to the affidavit.
7. Thereafter Investigating Officer examined first informant/opposite
party-2 and other witnesses under Section 161 Cr.P.C. On the basis
of above and other material collected by him during course of
investigation, which is substantially adverse to some of the accused,
Investigating Officer came to the conclusion that complicity of some
of the accused is established in the crime in question. He, therefore,
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opined to submit a charge sheet. Accordingly, Investigating Officer
submitted the charge-sheet dated 26.05.2017, whereby all the named
accused were charge-sheeted under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323,
325, 308, 504, 506 IPC, Police Station-Awagarh, District-Etah.
8. After submission of aforesaid charge-sheet, Cognizance was taken
upon same by concerned Magistrate, vide Cognizance Taking
Order/Summoning Order dated 10.10.2017 passed by Civil Judge
(Junior Division)/Judicial Magistrate, Jalesar Etah, Court No. 18,
District-Etah. As a consequence of above, Criminal Case No. 387 of
2017 (State Vs. Sumitra Devi and others), under Sections 14