Patrick Schneider And Ors Vs State And Anr

Rajasthan High Court 16 Sep 2022 S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous (Petition) No. 3522 Of 2015 (2022) 09 RAJ CK 0047
Bench: Single Bench
Result Published
Acts Referenced

Judgement Snapshot

Case Number

S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous (Petition) No. 3522 Of 2015

Hon'ble Bench

Dr.Pushpendra Singh Bhati, J

Advocates

Nishant Bora, Vikram Sharma, Pana Choudhary, Vineet Jain, Rajiv Bishnoi

Final Decision

Dismissed

Acts Referred
  • Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Section 482
  • Indian Penal Code, 1860 - Section 120B, 406, 420, 467, 468

Judgement Text

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Dr. Pushpendra Singh Bhati, J

1. This Criminal Misc. Petition preferred under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been preferred claiming the following reliefs:-

“It is, therefore most respectfully prayed that the application filed by the petitioners u/s 482 Cr.P.C. may be allowed and :

(i) The FIR No. 319 dated 20-11-15 police station Basani, Jodhpur and its further investigation may be quashed and set aside.

(ii) Any other appropriate order or direction which may be deemed just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case may kindly be

passed in favour of the petitioner.â€​

2. Brief facts of the case as placed before this Court by the learned counsel for the petitioners are that the complainant-respondent No.2 filed an

F.I.R. bearing No. 319/2015 on 20.11.2015 stating therein that he has a factory, Indus Trade, at Tanawada and that he deals in manufacturing and

export of handicraft items. And that, 5 to 6 months back the petitioners (persons of Massive Moebel company) came to his factory and stated that

they are agents of G+K Mobel Vertriebs GMBH, 1M Maintal 10 D, 96173 Unterhaid, Germany. It was further averred that the said company places

orders in India and subsequently exports goods to the company Germany, and that upon conducting a quality check, an order, bearing No.25003769

dated 17.06.2015 and order bearing No.25004244 dated 03.08.2015 were placed by the G+K Mobel Vertriebs GMBH, company to Indus Trade.

2.1 It was further averred in the F.I.R. that petitioners no. 2 & 3 inspected the entire consignment of goods, for which the aforesaid orders were

placed, at the company of the complainant and thereafter the goods were accordingly dispatched, and a bill of lading was prepared but the same was

allegedly directly sent the same to the company in Germany, resulting in a loss of about Rs. 47,00,000/- to the complainant.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that a bare perusal of the F.I.R. does not disclose the commission of any cognizable offence and

hence, the F.I.R. is liable to be quashed.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submitted that the petitioners and the complainant have been in business together since about 6 years,

and that in the past, they have received and placed orders and have never defaulted in making payments for the same, including the present orders in

question. And that, in fact an advance amount, of $ 30,000/- was made by the G+K Moebel Vertrievs to the complainant’s company; and that the

same was communicated via email to the complainant.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioners thus submitted that no offence, as alleged in the impugned FIR, are made out against the petitioners herein, and

therefore the impugned F.I.R. deserves to be quashed.

6. On the other hand, the learned Public Prosecutor and the learned Senior Counsel, Mr. Vineet Jain, appearing on behalf of the private respondents

assisted by Mr. Rajiv Bishnoi jointly opposed the submissions made on behalf of the petitioners.

7. Learned Public Prosecutor appearing with Mrs. Pana Choudhary, S.H.O. Police Station Basni, Jodhpur, present in person submitted that upon

investigation, the offences alleged against the petitioners no. 2 and 3 under Sections 420, 406, 467, 468 and 120B I.P.C. are found to be made out,

which is reflected in the factual report submitted before this Court for perusal. The said factual report is taken on the record.

8. Learned Senior Counsel submitted that upon a perusal of the contents of the F.I.R. and looking into the overall facts and circumstances of the case,

the petitioners do not deserve any indulgence by this Court.

9. Heard learned counsel for both parties, and perused the record of the case.

10. While keeping into consideration the ratio decidendi laid down in the case of State of Haryana and Ors. v. Ch. Bhajanlal and Ors. (1992) Supp(1)

SCC 335 and owing to the fact that upon the completion of investigation, the offences for the Sections 420, 406, 467, 468 and 120B I.P.C. are found to

be made out against the petitioners no. 2 and 3, after a perusal of the factual report produced before this Court, and looking into the overall facts and

circumstances of the present case, this Court does not find a case to be made out, so as to warrant any interference.

11. Resultantly, the present petition fails and the same is hereby dismissed. All pending applications stand disposed of.

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