SHARDA PRASAD AND ORS. Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ORS.
LAWS(ALL)-2010-9-366
HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
Decided on September 01,2010

Sharda Prasad And Ors. Appellant
VERSUS
State of U.P. and Ors. Respondents

JUDGEMENT

Rajesh Dayal Khare, J. - (1.) HEARD learned Counsel for the applicants and learned A.G.A.
(2.) THE present 482 Cr.P.C. petition has been filed for quashing proceedings of the Case No. 411 of 2008 Vidhyawati v. Sharda Prasad and Ors., under Sections / I.P.C., Police Station Jaswantnagar District Etawah pending before learned Special Judge (Dacoity Affected Area Act), District Etawah as well as for quashing of the summoning order dated 13.01.2010 issued in the aforesaid case. The contention of the counsel for the applicants is that no offence against the applicants is disclosed and the present prosecution has been instituted with a malafide intention for the purposes of harassment. He pointed out certain documents and statements in support of his contention. It is contended by learned Counsel for the applicants that the F.I.R., was lodged after lapse of more than two years of the alleged incident and that the applicant has been falsely implicated due to political reasons. It is next contended that the matter is purely of civil nature, therefore, criminal prosecution of the applicants is bad in law.
(3.) FROM 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 submission made at the bar relates to the disputed question of fact, which cannot be adjudicated upon by this Court under Section Cr.P.C. At this stage only prima facie case is to be seen in the light of the law laid down by Supreme Court in cases of R.P. Kapur v. State of Punjab, A.I.R. 1960 S.C. 866; State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal, 1992 SCC (Cr.) 426; State of Bihar v. P.P. Sharma, 1992 SCC (Cr.) 192 and lastly Zandu Pharmaceutical Works Ltd. v. Mohd. Saraful Haq and Anr., 2005 SCC (Cr.) 283. The disputed defence of the accused cannot be considered at this stage. Moreover, the applicants have got right of discharge under Section or / or 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.;


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