HIRAMANI SINGH Vs. STATE OF U.P.AND ANOTHER
LAWS(ALL)-2010-12-192
HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
Decided on December 15,2010

Hiramani Singh Appellant
VERSUS
STATE OF U.P. Respondents

JUDGEMENT

V.K.SHUKLA,J. - (1.) PRESENT writ petition in question has been filed by the petitioner questioning the validity of the order dated 25.02.2010 passed by Licensing Authority, Additional District Magistrate (Administration) Allahabad cancelling the fire arm license of the petitioner and order of its affirmance in appeal dated 20.08.2010 passed by Appellate Forum, i.e. Commissioner, Allahabad Division Allahabad.
(2.) BRIEF background of the case is that petitioner has been fire arm licensee. One Kapil Devi Tripathi on 26.08.2009 has lodged First Information Report against the petitioner which was registered as Case Crime No. 391 of 2008, P.S. Colonelganj district Allahabad under sections 419,420,447,448,120-B I.P.C. Petitioner's contention has been that the house in dispute no.13/9-D Moti Lal Road, is a property belonging to Diocese of Lucknow Church of North India, for its effective management an attorney has been appointed by Diocese of Lucknow Church, registered papers have been duly executed on 10.5.2005 in favour of Rt. Revd. A.R. Stephen, petitioner is the active member of the diocese, the house in dispute in question has been allotted in favour of petitioner Hiramani Singh for the purpose of its effective management and control by the Secretary of the Diocese of Lucknow vide letter No. 10.1.2003, thereafter, petitioner along which his real bother Patali alias Haspatali Singh started living in the said house since 10.1.2003 and one N.B. Montroz, who illegally claims himself to be the President of All India Christian Welfare Association, moved an application under section 156(3) Cr.P.C. against petitioner and other, the same was allowed and case crime no. 391 of 2008 under sections 419,420,467,468,120-B I.P.C. has been registered at P.S. Colonelganj Allahabad, the same has been challenged before this court by way of filing a criminal misc. writ petition no. 14033 of 2008 by Rt. Revd. A.R. Stephen and three others in which their arrest was stayed by another Bench of this court on 12.8.2008, the same is pending before this court, the petitioner and others are in actual physical possession of the above mentioned house, but on account of evil eyes Kapil Deo Tripathi and others wanted to grab the said property by way of interfering in the peaceful possession of the petitioners. Petitioner no.1 and others have filed an original suit no.1207 of 2008 in the court of Civil Judge( Senior Division) who has been pleased to grant ex party injunction in favour of the complainant and restrained the defendant not to interfere in any manner in the property in dispute, The F.I.R. of this case has been lodged with the oblique motive and the proceedings under section 145 Cr.P.C. and 146(1) Cr.P.C. have already been initiated which are pending before the court concerned. The allegation made in the F.I.R. are false and frivolous even on the basis of the allegation made in the F.I.R. no offence is made out. After said criminal case has been filed petitioner filed Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 18632 of 2009 (Hiramani Singh and others Vs. State of U.P. and others) before this Court and this Court has proceeded to passed order staying the arrest of the petitioner. In the said criminal case charge sheet in question has been filed and then Criminal Misc. Application No. 34497 of 2009 under Section 428 Cr.P.C. has been filed wherein this Court has proceeded to pass following order which is being quoted below: "The present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashing the proceedings of Case No. 1480 of 2009, under Sections 147, 452, 447, 506, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C., pending before learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.5, Allahabad as well as for quashing the summoning order dated 02.12.2009 whereby applicants have been summoned to face trial under the charged Sections. .It is contended by learned counsel for the applicants that the property belonged to Diocese of Lucknow Church of North India, of which one Revern A.R.Stephen is the attorney for the purpose of effective management and proper administration of the Church properties belonging to Lucknow Diocese and that the applicant no.1, who is active member of Lucknow Diocese of Allahabad was given property in question for effective management and up-keep of the same by Revern A.R.Stephen. It is further contended that Mr. N.B.Mantroz claiming himself to be President of All-India Christain Welfare Association is trying to create hindrance on the said property, for which he had also lodged F.I.R., copy of which is annexed as Annexure-4 to the petition and the police after investigation submitted final report which has not been challenged. It is next contended that the applicants are in physical possession of the property but when some unknown persons, at the behest of N.B.Mantroz tried to interfere with the possession of the applicant no.1, the applicant no.1 filed a Original Suit No. 1207 of 2008 before learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Allahabad, in which an interim injunction has been granted on12.08.2008, copy of which is annexed as Annexure-7 to the petition. It is also argued that the opposite party no.2, who is the counsel of N.B.Mantroz in the civil proceedings has now initiated the present criminal prosecution against the applicants which is nothing but gross misuse of the process of Court and civil litigation has been dragged into criminal proscutiion of the applicant at the behest of the opposite party no.2 who is in no way concerned with the said property belonging to Lucknow Diocese.
(3.) ISSUE notice to opposite party no.2 returnable within a period of four weeks. Steps be taken within a week.;


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