JUDGEMENT
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(1.) This criminal Misc. 2nd Bail Application
has been filed by the accused petitioner under
section 438 Cr.P.C. in FIR No. 56/2012 registered
at Police Station Laxmanagarh, District Sikar for
the offence under sections 147, 148, 149, 307, 323,
341, 342, and 427 IPC.
(2.) It may be mentioned that earlier the
accused petitioner also filed bail application
under section 438 Cr.P.C. on 12.4.2012. On
13.4.2012 this court passed the following order
while dismissing the bail application No. 3855 of
2012 of the accused petitioner :
"13.4.2012
Mr. Madhav Mitra for the petitioner
Mr. Peeyush Kumar, P.P.
Learned counsel states that he
may be permitted to withdraw this bail
application with liberty to the
petitioner to surrender himself
beforethe learned trial court. He is
permitted to do so.
The bail application is
dismissed with the aforesaid liberty."
(3.) The first bail application was filed against
the order dated 2.3.2012 of the Sessions Judge
Sikar dismissing the anticipatory bail application
of the petitioner. It has been argued by Mr.
Madhav Mitra, learned counsel for the petitioner
that the earlier bail application filed by the
petitioner was listed before this court on
13.4.2012 and on that very day his associate Mr.
Pallav Sharma appeared before this court and
requested for adjourning the bail application since
he was out of station to attend the case listed
before the Supreme Court. This court directed his
associate to argue the matter. It has been further
argued that inadvertantly in the order of bail
application withdrawal of bail application has been
typed wherein his attendance has also been
mentioned. In these circumstances, it was argued
by Mr. Madhav Mitra that the bail application has
not been decided on merits and the grounds taken in
the application may be treated as part and parcel
of this bail applicaion. The learned counsel has
argued that the incident as alleged in the FIR took
place on 20.2.2012 and on a written complaint
which was lodged on 21.2.2012 n FIR No. 56/2012
was registered alleging that the accused petitioner
and his group deliberately made an attack on the
complainant and his wife while they were going
from Laxmangarh to Sikar. Prior to the FIR No.
56/2012 already an FIR has been filed by the
accused petitioner which is FIR No. 53 of 2012 at
the Police Station Laxmangarh on 19.2.2012 alleging
that the complainant Bhupendra Singh Mahla came to
accused petitioner's College and gave beating to
him as well as his office staff and took away Rs.
9400/- from the accounts office. On this date the
accused petitioner came to the College for taking
practical papers for this reason the female
externals were also called and with whom the
complainant also misbehaved. The dispute is with
regard to management of college whereas complainant
and petitioner are real brothers. The learned
counsel has argued that actually the incident took
place between other brothers but out of vengeance
due to previous FIR No. 53/2012 the name of the
petitioner was also shown as assailant whereas he
was never present at the time of occurrence. The
FIR is apparently exaggeration of allegation. No
medical evidence is available on the record to
constitute the offence under section 307 IPC. The
learned counsel has further argued that the
consecutive application under section 438 Cr.P.C.
is not barred by statute and this Court and the
Apex Court has time and gain observed that such
applications can be considered. According to the
counsel his earlier bail application was not
decided on merits and in these circumstances it was
prayed that this bail application may be decided on
merits. He has placed reliance on Ganesh Raj vs. State of Rajasthan and others, 2005 2 WLC(Raj) 327, Siddharam Salingappa Mehtre vs. State of Maharashtra and others, 2011 AIR(SC) 312
and Babu Singh and others vs. The State of Uttar Pradesh, 1978 AIR(SC) 527.;
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