JUDGEMENT
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(1.) This application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
has been preferred by the petitioner Smt.
Urmila Sarkar for quashing the order dated
7th February, 2004, passed by the learned
Sessions Judge. Jamtara, in Cr. Revision No.
5 of 2004. whereby and where under. the
learned Court below has dismissed the revision application, preferred by the petitioner
against the order dated 5th January, 2004,
passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate.
1st Class, Jamtara, in Tr. No. 152 of 2004.
arising out of P.C.R. Case No. 298 of 1995.
By the aforesaid order dated 5th January, 2004 the learned Judicial Magistrate,
1 st Class, Jamtara, has rejected the application, preferred by the petitioner under
Section 323 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to commit the case to the Court of Sessions.
(2.) According to the petitioner, she is complainant in P.C.R. Case No. 298 of 1995,
which was filed against opposite party Nos.
2 to 6. Her case is that on 13th September,
1995 at about 4.00 p.m. she was initially
discharged from Dr. Sahu's Nursing Home.
During the said period she was not working
and one Dr. Saltilal Das used to work in the
said Nursing Home. She (complainant) was
subsequently re-employed and on such re-
employment, the accused persons, stated to
be closely related to Dr. Saltilal Das, became
very much annoyed and angry and due to
such annoyance, they assaulted and abused
her and also gave threats, asking her to leave the services. But in spite of the aforesaid
threat and torture, she (complainant) continued to cany on her services. It was further
alleged that on the date of the occurrence i.e. 13th September, 1995 while the
complainant was performing her duties, at
about 4.00 p.m. the accused persons trespassed into the area of the Nursing Home,
assaulted her and molested her, due to
which the complainant had to lodge the complaint petition on 21st September, 1995,
wherein, the learned Court below has taken
cognizance against the accused persons for
the offences under Sections 147/323/354/
452 of the Indian Penal Code.
Further, according to the complainant
(petitioner herein) on the same date i.e. 13th
September, 1995 one of the accused,
namely, Gabriel Das, had lodged one First
Information Report, alleging therein, that on
13th September, 1995 at about 4.00 p.m.
at Sub Divisional Hospital, Jamtara, while
an altercation was going on in between some
female members, in the meantime, Prabir
Mousi, Ashim Sarkar alias Dablu, Peter
Murmu, Samir Murmu, Asit Murmu, Malay
Murmu with other accused persons, forming an unlawful assembly, came there and
Prabir Mousi inflicted axe blow on the head
of Sushanta Das, as a result of which
Sushanta Das became unconscious, sustaining injuries, and later on died. In the
said F.I.R. it was also alleged that other witnesses were also assaulted with sticks and
rods and when Belu Das went to rescue her
husband, she was assaulted by Sabir
Murmu alias Khokan with rod on her head
and she also sustained bleeding injuries. On
hearing Hulla, the villagers and Riksha
poolers came there and saved them. On such
Fard-beyan, an F.I.R. was drawn up and the
case was registered as Jamtara P.S. Case
No. 166 of 1995, corresponding to G.R. No.
478 of 1995, against the aforesaid accused
persons for the offences under Sections 147/
148/307/302 of the Indian Penal Code.
(3.) According to the petitioner, if the complaint petition, filed by her, and the F.I.R.,
lodged by accused/opposite party No. 2 are
read together, it will be evident that the date
and time of occurrence in both the cases,
including the place of occurrence, are same.
Both the cases having arisen out of the same
occurrence, the complaint case should also
have been committed to the Court of Sessions for being tried together.;