JUDGEMENT
P.N.Sinha, J. -
(1.) This revlsional application has been preferred by
the petitioners under sections 397/401 read with section 482 of
Criminal Procedure Code praying for setting aside the order dated
4.9.03 passed by the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (in
short SDJM), Malda in G.R. Case No. 1604 of 1997 arising out of
Kaliachak P.S. Case No. 206 dated 4.12.97 thereby directing the
Superintendent of Police (in short S.P.), Malda for further
investigation into the said case and rejecting FRT No. 21 dated
14.2.03 and also rejecting prayer of the Investigating Officer (in short
I.O.) to accord permission to initiate a proceeding under section 182/
211 of the Indian Penal Code (in short I.P.C.) against the de facto
complainant and also praying for quashing the criminal proceeding
being G.R. Case No. 1604/97.
(2.) The facts of the case as it transpires from the revisional
application is that Bina Devi Santhalia, the opposite party No. 2 filed
a complaint in the Court of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate
(in short CJM), Malda on 4.12.97 praying for sending the petition of
complaint to O.C., Kaliachak P.S. for investigation under section
156(3) of Cr.P.C. and the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate duly
forwarded the complaint to O.C., Kaliachak P.S. for investigation and
on the basis of such complaint/First Information Report Kaliachak
P.S. Case No. 206 dated 4.12.97 under sections 363/ 365/ 34 of I.P.C.
was started against the accused persons including the present
petitioners. The allegations made in the First Information Report by
opposite party No. 2 Bina Devi Santhalia was that, on 15.12.96 there
was a ceremony in the house of Kailash Agarwal to celebrate birth
of his son and opposite party No. 2 along with her minor son Pankaj
Kumar, aged about five years, attended the said ceremony. Bina Devi
was talking with her relatives who assembled in the said ceremony
and at about 1 P.M. she found her son absent and she started
searching for her son. Subsequently, she learnt from some persons
that the accused persons including the petitioners had taken away
her son keeping her busy talking to other relatives. There was a
rivalry between accused persons and husband of Bina Devi Santhalia
and in order to teach a lesson to her husband, the accused persons
kidnapped her minor son Pankaj. She earlier lodged written complaint
at Kaliachak P.S. on 17.12.96 but, the police officers reduced it into
G.D. Entry No. 706 dated 17.12.96 and did not take any step for
investigation or for the recovery of the kidnapped minor son of
complainant. Thereafter, she lodged the complaint before the learned
Chief Judicial Magistrate on 4.12.97 which was sent to the O.C.,
Kaliachak P.S. for investigation and accordingly the aforesaid
Kaliachak P.S. Case was started.
(3.) The petitioners thereafter obtained anticipatory bail and after
surrendering before learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate they
were enlarged on regular bail. Subsequently C.I.D., West Bengal took
up investigation and after completing investigation the Investigating
Officer (in short I.O.) submitted final report No. 88 dated 27.4.01.
The learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate after considering the
materials on record by his order dated 30.5.02 directed further
investigation into the matter. Thereafter, investigation was made
for the second time by different I.O. and the second I.O. also
submitted report in final form vide final report No. 21 dated 14.02.03
and also submitted a prayer before the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial
Magistrate to accord sanction to initiate a criminal proceeding under
sections 182/211 of Indian Penal Code against the complainant. The
complainant Bina Devi filed a naraji petition against the said second
final report. The accused persons also filed an application against
the naraji petition. The learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate,
Malda after considering the materials on record by his order dated
4.9.03 directed the S.P., Malda to reinvestigate the case by an officer
not below the rank of Inspector. Challenging the said order the
petitioners have moved this Court in this revisional application.;
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