Sunil and 4 Others v. State of U.P. and Another

Court No. - 86 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 42498 of 2023 Applicant :- Sunil And 4 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Raj Kumar Dhama Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Rajiv Gupta,J.

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

¶2The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed with the prayer to quash the impugned order dated 23.09.2023 as well as entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 6423 of 2023 (State Vs. Sunil and Others), arising out of Case Crime No. 517 of 2022, under Sections 323, 147, 504, 325, 427, 435 IPC, Police Station Khekra, District Baghpat, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Baghpat.

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

¶4Learned counsel for the applicants has next submitted that all the applicants had already been directed to be released on bail.

¶5Per contra, learned AGA has submitted that from perusal of the allegations made in the FIR and the material collected during the course of inquiry, prima facie offence is clearly made out against the applicants and as such, impugned order as well as entire proceedings cannot be quashed.

¶6From 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.

¶7At this stage, only prima facie case is to be seen in the light of the law laid down by Hon'ble 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.

¶8Moreover, 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.

¶9At this stage, this Court is not in a position to weigh the factual matrix of the case properly and accused persons has right to file discharge application before the trial court and the trial court may decide their discharge application, if there is no evidence against them.

¶10The prayer for quashing the impugned order as well as entire proceedings is therefore refused.

¶11However, it is directed that in case the applicants file an application for discharge before the court below, then the court below shall consider each and every aspect of the matter and shall pass a detailed order on the said application expeditiously in accordance with law after hearing both the parties.

¶12With the aforesaid directions, this application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 5.12.2023 Nadim High Court of Judicature at Allahabad