IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.15166 of 2014
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1036 Year-2012 Thana- NAWADAH COMPLAINT CASE
District- Nawada
1. Ram Bali Prasad @ Ram Bali Prasad Gupta Son of Late Babulal
Sao
2. Girja Devi Wife of Sri Ram Bali Prasad Gupta
3. Bhobha Devi @ Anuradha Kumari @ Sweety wife of Pankaj
Kumar D/o Sri Ram Bali Prasad Gupta All above Sl. No.-1 to 3
are R/o Station Road Jehanabad, P.S. and District-Jehanabad.
… … Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State Of Bihar
2. Pankaj Kumar Son Of Late Ramchandra Prasad Resident Of Fatehpur More,
P.S.-Akwarpur, District-Nawada.
… … Opposite Party/s
Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Umesh Kumar
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Shailendra Kr. Singh(App)
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARVIND SRIVASTAVA
C.A.V JUDGMENT
Date : 11-04-2018
Heard learned counsels for the parties.
Petitioners, by means of this application under
section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, have invoked
the inherent jurisdiction of this Court with prayer to quash the
order dated 03.01.2014 passed in Complaint Case No. 1036 of
2012 by the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Nawada,
whereby and whereunder cognizance has been taken against the
petitioners and other accused persons for the offence under
sections 147, 148, 380 and 323 of the Indian Penal Code.
Prosecution case, in short, is that oppoiste party no.
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2 filed a Divorce Case No. 26 of 2010 under section 13 of the
Hindu Marriage Act, against the present petitioner no. 3, and
when summons were issued in that case against the present
petitioners and other accused persons, they all, under
conspiracy, entered into the house of the complainant and
threatened them to compromise the case. On denial by the
complainant, all the accused persons took their pistol out of
their waist and started assaulting the complainant with fists,
slaps and butt of the pistol. After assaulting that also looted the
house of the complainant and took away ornaments, clothes etc.
worth rupess two lakhs.
Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners
submits that petitioners are father-in-law, mother-in-law and
wife of the complainant respectively. It is submitted that
petitioner no. 3 was married with the complainant on
26.02.2009 (Annexure-2), but since after marriage, she was
tortured and assaulted by her husband and in-laws for meeting
out the demand of rupees three lakhs as dowry. In this
connection a Panchayati (Annexure-3) was also held in which
complainant assured to keep the petitioner no. 3 separately with
full honour and dignity. But after some time, accused persons
again started torturing for meeting out the aforesaid demand. In
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the year 2011, petitioner no. 3 came to know that her husband
has filed Divorce Case No. 26 of 2010 (Annexure-4). In
divorce petition, statement was made that marriage took place
on 8.07.2008, which is false as marriage was solemnized on
26.02.2009. The petition for divorce was filed on absolutely
false and frivolous grounds. It is further submitted that
petitioner no. 3 filed a petition dated 30.08.2012 (Annexure-5)
against her husband and her in-laws before the Superintendent
of Police, Jehanabad, but the said case was not registered by the
police. On non-institution of the case, petitioner no. 3 lodged
Complaint Case No. 797 of 2012 (Annexure-6) in which
cognizance has been taken under sections 498A I.P.C. and
section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel
submtis that the present case has been filed by the complainant
alleging therein that his wife and other in-laws came to his
house and threatened him compromise the matter. They all took
out pistol from their waist and assaulted the complainant with
fists, slaps and butt of the pistol. Further, after assaulting the
complainant, they also looted the house. It is quite improbable
that a wife with his mother, father and other relatives will go to
the house of the husband and commit such crime, as alleged. It
is absolutely an imaginary story hatched up by the complainant
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on basis of absolutely absurd and improbable allegations.
Learned counsels appearing for the opposite parties
opposes the prayer of the petitioner.
Considering the materials available on record and
the facts of the case, this Court finds substance in the
submissions advanced on behalf of the petitioners. On the face
of allegations, this Court is of the opinion that the present case
case is squarely covered by the decision of the Hon’ble Apex
Court rendered in the case of State of Haryana Vs. Bhajan
Lal, reported in 1992 Supp (1) SCC 335. Relevant extract of
paragraph 102 of the aforesaid judgment is quoted hereinbelow
for ready reference :
“In the backdrop of the interpretation of the
various relevant provisions of the Code under
Chapter XIV and of the principles of law
enunciated by this Court in a series of decisions
relating to the exercise of the extraordinary power
under Article 226 or the inherent powers under
Section 482 of the Code which we have extracted
and reproduced above, we give the following
categories of cases by way of illustration wherein
such power could be exercised either to prevent
abuse of the process of any Court or otherwise to
secure the ends of justice, though it may not be
possible to lay down any precise, clearly defined
and sufficiently channelised and inflexible
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exhaustive list of myriad kinds of cases wherein
such power should be exercised :
(1) – (4) ……….
(5) Where the allegations made in the FIR or
complaint are so absurd and inherently
improbable on the basis of which no prudent
person can ever reach a just conclusion that there
is sufficient ground for proceeding against the
accused.”
In view of the discussions made above, this Court
finds that order dated 03.01.2014 passed in Complaint Case
No. 1036 of 2012 by the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class,
Nawada, whereby and whereunder cognizance has been taken
against the petitioners and other accused persons for the
offence under sections 147, 148, 380 and 323 of the Indian
Penal Code, is not sustainable in the eye of law. The same is,
hereby, quashed.
The application, accordingly, stands allowed.
(Arvind Srivastava, J)
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CAV DATE 13.11.2017
Uploading Date 12.04.2018
Transmission Date 12.04.2018