Mratunjay @ Anshu and Another v. State of U.P.And 3 Others

Court No. - 86 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 37669 of 2023 Applicant :- Mratunjay @ Anshu And Another Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Arun Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Rajiv Gupta,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. and perused the record.

¶2The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashing the charge sheet dated 21.07.2022 and summoning order dated 25.07.2022 as well as entire criminal proceedings of S.T. No. 1046 of 2022 (State Vs. Mratunjay @ Anshu and others), arising out of Case Crime No. 348 of 2022, under Sections 363, 366 and 376 IPC and Section 3/4 and 16/17 of POCSO Act, P.S. Chakeri, District-Kanpur Nagar, pending in the court of Addl. District Judge, Court No.25, District Kanpur Nagar.

¶3Learned counsel for the applicants has submitted that from the perusal of the allegations made in the FIR and the material collected during the course of investigation, no offence is disclosed against the applicants and the present case has been instituted with a malafide intention for the purpose of harassment. He has pointed out certain documents and statements in support of his contention, as such, impugned charge sheet, summoning order as well as entire proceedings be quashed.

¶4Per contra, learned AGA has submitted that from the perusal of the allegations made in the FIR and the material collected during the course of investigation, prima facie offence is clearly made out against the applicants and as such, impugned charge sheet, summoning order as well as entire proceedings cannot be quashed.

¶5From the perusal of the material on record and looking into the facts of the case, at this stage, it cannot be said that no offence is made out against the applicants. All the submissions made at the bar relate to the disputed questions of fact, which cannot be adjudicated upon by this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C.

¶6At this stage, only prima facie case is to be seen in the light of the law laid down by the Supreme Court in the cases of R.P. Kapur Vs. State of Punjab, A.I.R. 1960 S.C. 866, State of Haryana Vs. Bhajan Lal, 1992 SCC (Cr.) 426, State of Bihar Vs. P.P. Sharma, 1992 SCC (Cr.) 192 and lastly Zandu Pharmaceutical Works Ltd. Vs. Mohd. Saraful Haq and another, (Para-10) 2005 SCC (Cr.) 283. The disputed defence of the accused cannot be considered at this stage.

¶7Moreover, the applicants had already been directed to be released on bail and they have got right of discharge under Section 239, 245 or 227 Cr.P.C., as the case may be, through a proper application for the said purpose and they are free to take all the submissions in the said discharge application before the trial court.

¶8At this stage, this Court is not in a position to weigh the factual matrix of the case properly and accused persons have a right to file a discharge application before the trial court and the trial court may decide their discharge application, if there is no evidence against them.

¶9The prayer for quashing the impugned charge sheet, summoning order as well as entire proceedings is therefore refused.

¶10However, it is directed that in case the applicants file an application for discharge before the court below, the same be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law after hearing the public prosecutor and considering each and every aspect of the matter.

¶11With the aforesaid directions, this application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 30.10.2023 Subham High Court of Judicature at Allahabad High Court of Judicature at Allahabad