HIGH COURT OF DELHI
JAI BHAGWAN – Appellant
Versus
THE STATE ( NCT OF DELHI ) – Respondent
CRL.REV.P.-635/2014
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CRL.REV.P. 40/2015
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Judgment delivered on: 14.02.2019
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CRL.REV.P. 635/2014
JAI BHAGWAN
..... Petitioner
versus
THE STATE ( NCT OF DELHI )
..... Respondent
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CRL.REV.P. 40/2015
STATE
..... Petitioner
versus
VINAY KUMAR
..... Respondent
Advocates who appeared in this case:
For the Petitioner :
Mr. R.N. Sharma with Mr. Deepak Kumar, Advocate for
the petitioner in Crl.Rev.Pet.635/2014
Mr. Hiren Sharma, APP for the State in Crl.Rev.P.40/2015
ASI Prem Ram Arya, PS Hari Nagar.
For the Respondent: Mr. Hiren Sharma, APP for the State in Crl.Rev.P.
635/2014
Mr.
Prem
Chhetri,
Advocate
for
respondent
in
Crl.Rev.P.40/2015
ASI Prem Ram Arya, PS Hari Nagar.
CORAM:-
HON’BLE MR JUSTICE SANJEEV SACHDEVA
JUDGMENT
SANJEEV SACHDEVA, J. (ORAL)
Crl.M.A.860/2015 (for condonation of delay) in Crl.Rev.
P.40/2015
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For the reasons stated in the application, application is allowed.
The delay in filing the petition is condoned.
CRL.REV.P. 635/2014 & CRL.REV.P. 40/2015
1.
Both these petitions impugn common order-on-charge dated
28.07.2014.
2.
Petitioner in Crl.Rev.P.635/2014 i.e. Jai Bhagwan impugns
order-on-charge insofar as the Court holds that prima facie material is
available against him for framing of charge under Sections
120B/147/148/149/307/365/380 IPC.
3.
Crl.Rev.P. 40/2015 has been filed by the State impugning order
dated 28.07.2014, whereby Sub Inspector Vinay Kumar has been
discharged of all offences.
4.
Subject FIR No.672/2005, Police Station Hari Nagar, registered
under Sections 147/148/149/307/365/380/120B IPC was registered on
the complaint of one Mr. Bhimsen Ahuja alleging that he was the
owner and in possession of a property in which certain people barged
in with sticks and rods and attempted to evict him from the said
property. It was alleged that those persons physically assaulted him
and his wife and daughter. It was alleged that they even kidnapped his
son for the purposes of evicting them from the said property.
5.
It was alleged that the household goods of the property were
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loaded in two tempo trucks and when the said persons were in the
process of removing the goods and fleeing, public intervened and
Police came and two of the accused were apprehended from the spot.
6.
It is the contention on behalf of Sub-Inspector Vinay Kumar
that he was also part of the police party which had apprehended the
two accused.
7.
As per the complainant, the attempt to evict the complainant
and take forcible possession was at the behest of some property dealer
with whom he had a dispute.
8.
The case of the prosecution is that the two accused, who were
apprehended from the spot, in their disclosure statements stated that
they had been approached by the property dealer for evicting the
complainant and they approached Sub Inspector Vinay Kumar, who
assured them that on payment of money he would not intervene in the
eviction process and rather would assist them in evicting the
complainant. They in their disclosure statement further stated that they
had taken the help of 4-5 people including Jai Bhagwan for the
purposes of eviction.
9.
Trial Court in the impugned order on charge, inter alia, held as
under:-
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Bhagwan on 16-8-2014.”
10.
Insofar as Jai Bhagwan is concerned, The Trial Court in the
impugned order noted that the contents of chargesheet, statement of
witnesses and documents attached with the chargesheet had been
perused and on perusal of the same, the Court was of the view that the
ingredients of the subject offence were prima facie made out against
Jai Bhagw