JUDGEMENT
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(1.) The petitioner, in the instant
application under Section 482 of the Code
of Criminal Procedure, has prayed for quashing
the order dated 13-11-2006 passed by
the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate,
Sahebganj in G.R. No. 305 of 2005 arising
out of Sahebganj (T) P.S. Case No. 131 of
2005, whereby the learned Magistrate took
cognizance of the offences under Sections
147, 148,149,341,323,326,335 and 307 of
the Indian Penal Code and under Section
27 of the Arms Act against the petitioner
and other persons, although the
investigating officer By virtue of the charge sheet sub-mitted
by him, did not recommend the petitioner
for trial fpr the aforesaid offences.
(2.) facts of the case registered on the
basis of the fardbeyan of the informant Badri
Nayaran Pandey on 1-9-2005 is that on the
alleged date of occurrence while the
informant was proceeding on his motorcycle and
when he reached near Dipti Mission, two
persons namely, Gautam Rai and Mahesh
Rai signalled him to stop, but the informant
did not stop, whereupon, both the aforesaid
persons assaulted him with lathi and rod.
The informant fell down along with his motorcycle
on the road, whereafter, on the exhortation of this petitioner, other accused
persons namely, Bhim Rai, Rajeshwar Rai,
Dinesh Rai, Bidhan Chandra Rai, Arbind
Kumar Rai, Ganesh Rai, Radha Prasad Rai
and Madho Rai arrived armed variously with
weapons and after surrounding the informant,
they begun to assault him. The petitioner
is alleged to have exhorted the others
to kill the informant and also to burn the
informant alive with his motorcycle. Specific
allegation is attributed to the accused
particularly Dinesh of having inflicted knife
injury on the informant and against
the accused Bhim Rai of having set the informant's
motorcycle on fire after pouring petrol over
it. The assailants tried to drag the informant
for putting him on the burning motorcycle,
but when the local people and members of
the informant's family came running on
hearing informant's alarm, the assailants
fled away. The motive for the assault is the
alleged complaint lodged by the informant
to the Deputy Commissioner, Sahebganj
against the fake appointment of the members
of the petitioner's family and against
the black marketing of kerosene oil by the petitioner.
The case after registration was investigated by the police. After concluding the
investigation, charge sheet was submitted
against ten persons named in the F.I.R.
However, the petitioner was not sent up for
trial and a final report in favour of the petitioner was submitted by the investigating
officer on the ground that no evidence could
be available against the petitioner.
(3.) The learned Chief Judicial Magistrate,
Sahebganj by his order dated 13-11-2006,
on perusal of police report, proceeded to take
cognizance of the offences not only against
those accused persons who were sent up for
trial, but also against the present petitioner.;
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