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Khwaja Munawar Sultana And Anr vs The State Of Maharashtra And Anr on 2 March, 2017

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD

CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 538 OF 2016

1) Khwaja Munawar Sultana
W/o Siddiqui Minhajuddin
Age : 47 years, occ : Teacher,
R/o Rangeen Gate, Labour Colony,
Aurangabad.

2. Khwaja Kauser Jabeen
W/o Athar Ahmed
Age : 42 years, Occ : Teacher,
R/o Labour Colony, Vishwasnagar,
Aurangabad…PETITIONERS

-VERSUS-

1. State of Maharashtra
Through Vaijapur Police
Station, Aurangabad.

2. Tajeen Tajwar Khwaja Alimoddin
Age : Major, Occ : Teacher,
R/o Syed Zaheit Ali Syed Masood Ali
Maqsood Colony, Near Sumairu hospital,
Roshan Gate, Aurangabad…RESPONDENTS

Advocate for petitioners : Mrs.R.S. Kulkarni
APP for Respondent/State : Mr. S.P. Deshmukh
Advocate for respondent no.2 : Mr. M.R. Jadhav

CORAM : S.S. SHINDE
K.K. SONAWANE, JJ.

RESERVED ON : 21st February, 2017
PRONOUNCED ON : 2nd March, 2017

JUDGMENT : (PER S.S. SHINDE, J)

This Petition is filed praying

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therein for quashing of F.I.R. bearing Crime

No.I-37 of 2016 dated 10th February, 2016

registered at Vaijapur Police Station,

Aurangabad for the offences punishable under

Sections 498A, 120(B), 328, 504, 506 read

with 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

2. The learned counsel appearing for

the petitioners submits that, the petitioners

are married sisters of the husband of

respondent no.2. The petitioner no.1 got

married on 3rd February, 1991 and petitioner

no.2 got married on 18th November, 1999. The

petitioners are living with their respective

husbands and families. They are arrayed as

accused nos.2 and 3 by respondent no.2. It is

submitted that, the brother of the

petitioners got married with respondent no.2

on 27th May, 2017 at Aurangabad, as per the

Muslim rites and customs. Respondent no.2 on

10th February, 2016, for the first time,

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alleged that, the petitioners and other

family members have treated her well for two

months, initially after the marriage and

thereafter started harassing her to bring

some money from her parents. It is alleged

that, her husband got married to one Asma and

both gave her medicines, which were injurious

to her kidneys. It is submitted that, so far

as the allegations of administration of wrong

medicines, which affected the kidneys of

respondent no.2, are not against the present

petitioners. Respondent no.2 for the first

time after lapse of nine years have came with

a case of cruelty. The allegations in the

First Information Report are vague and no

specific overt acts are attributed to the

petitioners. It is submitted that respondent

no.2 voluntarily left the matrimonial home.

The learned counsel appearing for the

petitioners invites our attention to the

allegations in the First Information Report

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and submits that, the allegations are

general in nature, absurd and inherently

improbable, and therefore, the First

Information Report deserves to be quashed.

3. The learned counsel appearing for

the petitioners placed reliance on the

exposition of law by the Hon’ble Apex Court

in the cases of Geeta Mehrotra V/s State of

U.P.1, Preeti Gupta V/s State of Jharkhand 2,

G.V. Rao V/s L.H.V. Prasad and others3 and

Pramod Uttam Shinde and others V/s State of

Maharashtra4. It is submitted that, the

alleged incident had occurred at Aurangabad

at matrimonial home and the First Information

Report is filed at Vaijapur, which is beyond

territorial jurisdiction of Vaijapur Police

Station, and hence registration of the same

is bad in law. In support of her contention,

1 (2012) 10 SCC 741
2 (2010) 7 SCC 667
3 (2000) 3 SCC 693
4 2015 All MR (Cri) 4232

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when the allegations are vague and omnibus in

nature, the F.I.R. deserves to be quashed,

the learned counsel placed reliance on the

unreported judgment of this Court in the case

of Asma Hashmi D/o Mumtaz Abdulgani Hashmi

V/s The State of Maharashtra in Criminal

Application no.1926 of 2016 decided on 13th

April, 2016. It is submitted that respondent

no.2 has been under constant medications

since 2010 and if the prescriptions of

various medications of several doctors which

are annexed to the present petition are seen,

the same would show that, she has been

complaining of abdominal pains and

difficulties relating to abdomen since long

and hence the solitary incident as alleged in

the First Information Report which is

punishable under Section 328 of Indian Penal

Code is highly improbable. It is submitted

that, the allegations in respect of Section

328 of Indian Penal Code are vague since the

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name of the medicine alleged to have been

administered to her by the accused is not

mentioned anywhere in the complaint and thus

it raises a serious doubt over the authority

of the allegations of administration of the

medicine since one does not know the

medicine, which though not admitted but for

the sake of arguments may have been given to

her and the medicine which she may have

produced before respondent no.1 and the

doctor are one and the same and hence on the

face of the complaint, the allegations are

unbelievable and over exaggerated and hence

the continuation of the criminal proceedings

would be nothing but abuse of process of law

and hence is liable to be quashed and set

aside.

4. On the other hand, the learned

A.P.P. appearing for the Respondent/State

submits that, the alleged offences have been

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disclosed against the petitioners, and

therefore, those need investigation.

5. The learned counsel appearing for

respondent no.2 invites our attention to the

allegations in the First Information Report

and submits that, the allegations are serious

in nature, which need investigation. Though

the petitioners have been married, as a

matter fact they are residing in the

matrimonial home at Aurangabad.

6. We have heard the learned counsel

appearing for the petitioners, the learned

A.P.P. appearing for the respondent/State and

the learned counsel appearing for respondent

no.2 at length.

7. The allegations against the present

petitioners in the First Information Report

are as under :-

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irhyk lkaxr vls rsOgk rsgh eyk “rsjs cki dh ?kj
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eyk f’kohxkG djhr vls o “ukSdjh djds midkj
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eks loZ iSls ?ksr vlr-

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o rwyk eqyckG gksr ukgh eh frP;k’kh yXu dj.kkj
vkgs vls eyk Eg.kwu eks ekulhd [kPphdj.k eks
irh d: ykxys- R;kauh eyk R;kaP;k fiz;lhus
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gksr ukgh- rw dkgh dkekph ukgh vls Vkse.ks ek:
ykxY;k- eks irh eyk eksBeksB;k iksyhl
vf/kdk;kaps eWlst o Dyhi nk[kowu ekh ;kaP;k’kh

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vksG[k vkgs vls Eg.kwu /kedkohr vlr o rlsp
eyk ekÖ;k isz;lh gk’eh vkLek jk.kk Hkz- eqerkt
gk’eh fgP;klkscr nqljs yXu dj.;kph ijokuxh ns
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vls Eg.kwu ekÖ;koj ncko Vkdw ykxys- ekÖ;k
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rlsp ekÖ;k nksUgh uUuank o irh gs ‘kkGk
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irh gs ex rw eks nqljs yXu d:u ns- ,d fnol
vls Eg.kwu eyk CyWdesy djr djhr gksrs-

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yXukyk ngk o”kZ kys vlY;keqGs o eksiqs dkghgh
bykt ulY;kus eh ukbyktkus rsFks jkgw ykxys-
R;kuarj eks irh R;kph nqljh iRuh vkLek o nksUgh
uUuank vls yXu d:u ?kjh vkys- R;kosGh ekh
rC;sr fc?kMysyhp gksrh o eh ?kjkr ksiwu gksrs- ?kjh
vkY;koj irhus ekÖ;k’kh vpkud xksM cksy.;kph
Lkq:okr dsyh- o rC;srhph fopkjiwl dsyh- eh
R;kauk iksV nq[kr vlY;kps o Fkdok vkY;kps

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lkafxrys- rsOgk R;kauh R;kaph uohu iRuh gh MkWDVj
vlY;kus fryk fopk:u eyk xksG;k vk.kqu fnY;k-
eh rh xksGh ?ksryh R;kuarj vkLek fgus eyk ekÖ;k
uo;kP;k ekQZr fu;fer ?ks.;kPkk lYyk fnyk- dkgh
fnolkauh ekÖ;k uo;kus vkLek fgyk ?kjkiklwu
dkgh varjkoj vklsfQ;k dkWyuhrhy R;kaps ojh”B Qst
l¸;n ;kaps cfg.khpk yWV ?ksrys o rs rsFksp jkgw
ykxys- ek= frus fnysyh xksGh nksu efgus
lrr ?;k;yk ykoys- eh lk/kkj.kr lnj xksGh nksu
efgus lrr ?ksryh- R;kuarj ekh rC;sr vpkud
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ykxyh- Eg.kwu eh ekgsjh vkys- njE;ku eyk e/ks
e/ks [kqi tkLr =kl gksr gksrk- ijarq eks irh eyk
lnj xksGh ?ks- rw cjh gks’khy vls lkaxwu d/kh xksM
cksywu rj d/kh tcjnLrhus ?;k;yk ykor vls- ek=
vpkud Qscqzokjh efgU;kr ekh rC;sr tkLrp [kjkc
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R;kauh eyk fnukad 04@02@2016 jksth MkW- vfHkthr
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irh ukes [kktk vyheksnnhu firk [kktk ukfljksnnhu
o R;kaph iRuh MkW vkLek fgps lkax.;ko:u fnysY;k

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xksG;k nk[koY;k- rsOgk MkWDVj lkgsckauh ,dne eyk
vksjMwu ;k xksG;k rqEgh d’kk dk; ?ksrk- ;k
xksG;keqGs rqeph fdMuh [kjkc gksr vkgs vls
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nql;k xksG;k fygwu fnY;k- l/;k eh MkW- vfHkthr
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ekÖ;k y{kkr vkys dh ekÖ;k irhus R;kaP;k
cfguhlkscr o iRuhlkscr feGwu ekk fto tkok
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vo;okl btk iksgpowu ekk ft tkok ;k gsrwus eyk
pqdhP;k xksG;k fnY;k- ;kewGs ekÖ;k fdMuhyk btk
iksgpyh vkgs- (Underlines added)

8. The contention of the learned

counsel appearing for the petitioners that

the allegations in the First Information

Report are omnibus and the alleged offences

are not disclosed, cannot be accepted. Upon

careful reading of the allegations in the

First Information Report alleged offences are

disclosed. When the investigation is in

progress, it is not possible to reach to the

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definite conclusion that, the offence

punishable under Section 328 of the Indian

Penal Code is not disclosed. So far as

alleged offences under sections 120B, 498A,

120(B), 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code

are concerned, the ingredients of the said

offences are clearly attracted and the

alleged offences have been disclosed. The

First Information Report is not an

encyclopedia. During the course of

investigation, the Investigating Officer has

recorded the statements of the witnesses, and

prima facie, it appears that the material

collected by the Investigating Officer lends

support to the version of the informant in

the First Information Report.

9. The Supreme Court in the case of

Bhaskar Lal Sharma and another V/s Monica and

others5 in para 11 of the judgment has held

5 (2014) 3 SCC 383

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that the facts, as alleged, in the complaint

will have to be proved which can be done only

in the course of a regular trial. The

appreciation, in a summary manner, of the

averments made in a complaint petition or

F.I.R. would not be permissible at the stage

of quashing of F.I.R. and the facts stated

will have to be accepted as they appear on

the very face of it.

10. The Supreme Court in the case of

Taramani Prakash V/s State of M.P. and

others6 has also taken a view that, the

question whether the informant/complainant

has infact been harassed and treated with

cruelty is a matter of trial. In that view of

the matter, we are not inclined to entertain

this Petition for quashing of First

Information Report. Hence the Petition stands

rejected. The observations made hereinabove

6 2015 AIR (SC) (Supp) 704

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are, prima facie, in nature. The rejection of

present Criminal writ Petition shall not be

construed as an impediment in case the

petitioners wish to avail of the appropriate

remedy by way of filing the application for

discharge in the event of filing charge-sheet

by the Investigating Officer.

(K.K. SONAWANE, J.) (S.S. SHINDE, J.)

sga

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