JUDGEMENT
T.P.S.MANN, J. -
(1.) THE petitioner has filed the present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C so
as to seek setting aside of the order dated 22.9.2012 (Annexure P -4)
passed by Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Faridkot dismissing the
complaint filed by him against the accused -respondents for offences under
Sections 380/392/504/506/34 IPC and also of the order dated 11.9.2013
(Annexure P -5) passed by Addl. Sessions Judge, Faridkot while dismissing
the revision filed by him against the aforementioned order dated
11.9.2013.
(2.) THE petitioner had instituted the complaint dated 4.10.2008 (Annexure P -1) on the allegations that on 1.6.2008, all the accused -respondents
forcibly and illegally broke open the locks of two shops taken by him on
rent from the Cooperative Society and mis -appropriated the articles lying
therein, besides taking forcible possession of the shops. After recording
preliminary evidence, Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Faridkot, vide order
dated 8.3.2010 (Annexure P -2) summoned the accused -respondents to face
trial for committing the offences under Sections 382 and 392 IPC.
Aggrieved of the same, the respondents moved this Court by filing Crl.
Misc. Nos. M -33462 of 2010 and M -16787 of 2011. Both the petitions were
allowed on 5.7.2012 (Annexure P -3) for the reason that the trial Court
had not referred to the enquiry report dated 10.9.2009 submitted by
Station House Officer, Police Station Sadar, Kotkapura, while passing the
summoning order despite the fact that the said Court had sent the matter
to Police Station Sadar, Kotkapura for enquiry and in the report so
submitted by the S.H.O, it was concluded that no case of theft of
material by the accused was made out, but the said report was not
considered by the Magistrate while summoning the accused and, thus, the
summoning order suffered from patent error and was liable to be set
aside. The Magistrate was directed to pass a fresh order in accordance
with law after considering the enquiry report.
The matter was, once again, taken up by Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Faridkot, who after going through the enquiry report dated 10.9.2009
submitted by SI Narinder Singh, S.H.O. Police Station Sadar, Kotkapura
came to the conclusion that the complainant had failed to make out a case
for summoning the accused -respondents on the basis of evidence produced
by him and, therefore, the complaint was dismissed vide order dated
22.9.2012 (Annexure P -4). Aggrieved of the same, the petitioner filed a revision petition but the same was dismissed by Additional Sessions
Judge, Faridkot vide order dated 11.9.2013 (Annexure P -5). Hence, the
present petition by the complainant.
(3.) HAVING heard counsel for the petitioner and perusing the impugned orders (Annexures P -4 and P -5), this Court is of the considered view that it was
the petitioner, who had taken the two shops of the Cooperative Society on
rent but he had defaulted in paying the same. The complaint was filed
merely for the purposes of avoiding the payment of monthly rent. Further,
the petitioner has not been able to prove that he had stored any articles
in the shops and if that be so, there was no question of the accused
committing theft in respect of those articles. Further, the complaint was
filed after more than one month of the occurrence. Also, in the enquiry
conducted by the police pursuant to the order passed by the Magistrate,
it was found that no case of theft of the material belonging to the
petitioner by the accused was made out.;
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