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2012 DIGILAW 1492 (PAT)

Chandra Bibhuti Prasad Singh v. State Of Bihar

2012-10-19

SHIVAJI PANDEY

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ORDER 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. In this case, petitioner is challenging the order dated 4th November 2010 passed by Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Begusarai in Complaint Case No. 261C of 2001 filed u/s 147, 323, 380, 452, 427 IPC and 24 of the Cattle Trespass Act 1871. However, the court below has added Section 447 and 379 IPC in the charge and at the same time rejected the petition u/s 319 Cr.P.C. and a further prayer has been made for quashing the complaint case(Annexure-2). From the record it appears that between the parties there was an altercation and assault which led to registration of Teghra P.S.Case no. 36 of 2001 where Chandra Bibhuti Prasad Singh is the informant for offences u/s 447, 323, 324, 307, 504, 379/34 IPC where Police has submitted charge-sheet. For the same incident, another complaint being Com. Case No. 261C of 2001 has been filed by Arun Prasad Singh, complainant against Chandra Bibhuti Prasad Singh, petitioner of the present case, Jayant Kumar and others for the offences u/s 147, 323, 380, 452, 427 IPC and 24 of the Cattle Trespass Act, 1871. According to the petitioner, he was brutally assaulted and was brought to the Police Station on a cot where he made his fard-beyan before the Police and on the next day, the present complaint was filed making malicious and false allegations. 2. Counsel for the petitioner accepts that four witnesses have already been examined in the complaint case as it also appears that an application 319 Cr.P.C. was filed for addition of the accused persons and the court below has rejected the prayer. Basically the point raised by the counsel for the petitioner is that it is a false case and, as such, it is an abuse of the process of the court which is substantiated from the fact that the Police submitted charge-sheet which itself shows that the nature of the allegation is completely false and in that context, he has relied on AIR 1992 SC 604 (P-108) (State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal) and AIR 2003 SC 1386 (P-4, 8, 10, 11, 15) (B.S.Joshi v. State of Haryana). There is no quarrel on the proposition that in a case of malicious prosecution the court has power to interfere with proceeding and there is no dispute that if no offence is made out, in that circumstance also the court can interfere but at this stage when the petitioner did not file discharge petition and the court has already proceeded and four witnesses have been examined, it will not be in the interest of justice to quash the whole complaint petition when from the facts mentioned in the complaint petition it does not disclose that no case is made out against the petitioner. In that view of the matter, this Court does not find any merit in the present case. It is accordingly, dismissed.