Ram Chander Vs Hari Singh and Others

High Court Of Punjab And Haryana At Chandigarh 17 Apr 2007 Criminal Miscellaneous No. 46247-M of 2005
Bench: Single Bench
Result Published
Acts Referenced

Judgement Snapshot

Case Number

Criminal Miscellaneous No. 46247-M of 2005

Hon'ble Bench

Ranjit Singh, J

Advocates

Sandeep Kotla, for the Appellant; Navneet Chhokhar, for the Respondent

Final Decision

Dismissed

Acts Referred

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482

Judgement Text

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Ranjit Singh, J.@mdashThis petition has been filed u/s 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of the order dated 14.10.2004 passed by Judicial Magistrate 1st

Class, Gurgaon and that by the Sessions Judge, Gurgaon, whereby the complaint filed by the petitioner was dismissed and so also the revision

against the said order. The Magistrate, while dismissing the complaint, had observed that none from the complainant side had appeared to give

evidence and accordingly it was noticed that there is not even an iota of evidence on the case file against the accused persons. None had also

appeared on behalf of the complainant at the time of hearing. Accordingly, the compliant was dismissed for non-prosecution as well as by

observing that no evidence has come on record against the accused persons. The revision against the said order was also dismissed. Even the

revisional Court noticed that no p.e. charge evidence is directed to have been presented on 11.01.2003, 04.08.2004 and l4.10.2004.The action

of the petitioner, furnishing a medical certificate was found to be meaningless as it was required to be produced before the trial Court and not

before the Revisional Court. Finding no merit in the revision, it was accordingly dismissed.

2. Learned Counsel for the petitioner by referring to the case of Bandarupalli Eswara Reddy v. Thonatiadhi Reddy, 2004 (4) CCC 255 (A.P.) :

2004 (1) RCR (Cri.) 258 (A.P.) submits that the Magistrate could have dismiss the complaint in default but could not have passed the order of

discharge as then certain consequences follows, which amount to giving a clean chit to the accused. However, facts of this case would not be

attracted in the present case. In this case, the complaint has not only been dismissed in default but also on merits. It is not a case where only the

complaint has been dismissed on account of non-presence of the complainant. In this case, the Courts had found that no evidence was led at pre-

charge stage in support of the complaint and accordingly it was dismissed. No exception to the discharge in this case can, thus, be taken. The

counsel otherwise could not satisfy as to how a petition u/s 482 Cr.P.C. is maintainable in this case. No case for interference, as such, is made out.