CRL.O.P (MD) No. 2[SECTION]51 of 2019 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 21.10.2019 CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE [ENTITY] CRL.O.P (MD) No. 2[SECTION]51 of 2019 and CRL.M.P (MD) Nos. 12[SECTION]7 and 12[SECTION]8 of 2019 [ENTITY] Petitioner Vs. [ENTITY] represented by The [ENTITY]. [ENTITY] Respondents PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section [SECTION]82 of Cr.P.C, to call for the records pertaining to the case in [CASE NUMBER] on the file of the learned Additional Mahila Magistrate Court, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District and quash the same as illegal. For Petitioner : Mr.[ENTITY] For Respondent : Mr.[ENTITY], Government Advocate (Crl.Side) ORDER
This petition has been filed to quash the proceedings in [CASE NUMBER] on the file of the learned Additional Mahila Magistrate Court, http: www.judis.nic.in Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District.
2. The case of the prosecution is that there are totally five accused, in which, the petitioner was arrayed as A1. The respondent police after investigation, filed a final report and the same was taken cognizance in [CASE NUMBER] by the learned Additional Mahila Magistrate Court, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District. Since the petitioner due to some inconvenience, they could not attend the trial and hence, the case was split up and the trial was proceeded against the accused Nos.2 to [SECTION]. After completion of the full fledged trial, the learned Additional Mahila Magistrate Court, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District has acquitted the other accused persons in [CASE NUMBER] by Judgment, dated 29.11.2018 on the ground that the prosecution has not been proved the case beyond reasonable doubt and the case against the petitioners is now pending as [CASE NUMBER].
[SECTION]. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the 1st respondent completed the investigation and filed the final report and the same has been taken cognizance in [CASE NUMBER] and thereafter, A2 to A[SECTION] appeared before the trial Court and conducted the case, which was also ended in acquittal vide judgment dated 29.11.2018. Since, the petitioner/A1 went to http: www.judis.nic.in another state and non bailable warrant has been issued as against her and also, since the same was unable to execute the warrant issued against the petitioners, the trial Court split up the case insofar as A2 to A[SECTION]/the petitioner is concerned in [CASE NUMBER] and it is now pending. The trial Court acquitted the other accused on the ground that the prosecution did not prove the case beyond doubt.
[SECTION].The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner further submitted that the petitioner has nothing to do with the crime as alleged by the prosecution. The prosecution examined Pws.1 and 2 and marked as Exs.P1 to 1[SECTION] and the trial Court found that they have not spoken about the charges to prove the same and as such, A2 to A[SECTION] have been acquitted. In these circumstances, as against the petitioner/A1, there is absolutely no evidence and as such, the pendency of the proceedings in [CASE NUMBER] would not serve any purpose and therefore, he prayed for quashment of entire proceedings.
5.The learned Government Advocate (Criminal side) would submit that there are totally five accused, in which, the petitioner arrayed as A1 and only because of the absence of the petitioner before the trial Court, his case has been split up from the main case http: www.judis.nic.in in [CASE NUMBER], which was ended in acquittal vide judgment dated 29.11.2018. Therefore, the case as against the petitioner is concerned [CASE NUMBER], is pending for trial and the prosecution has to let in evidence and they have incriminating evidence as against the petitioner and as such, he sought for dismissal of the quash petition.
[SECTION].Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Government Advocate (criminal side) appearing for the first respondent.
7.It is the admitted case of the petitioner as well as the prosecution that there are totally five accused, in which, A2 to A[SECTION] are concerned, the trial has been conducted and they have been acquitted in [CASE NUMBER] and insofar as A1 is concerned, the case has been split up in [CASE NUMBER] and the same is pending for trial. All the accused have been charged for the offence under [SECTION] and [SECTION] [ACT] and [SECTION], [SECTION], [SECTION] of [ACT].
8. The trial Court recorded the reason for acquittal as follows:
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It is the common experience that most of these complaints under Section [SECTION]98(A) or filed in the heat of the moment over trivial issues without proper deliberations. We come across a large number of complaints which are not even bonofide and are filed with oblique motive. At the same time rapid increased in the number of genuine cases of dowry harassment are also a matter of concern. Unfortunately at the time of the complaint the implications and consequences are not properly visualized by the complainant that such complaint can lead to insurmountable harassment, agony and pain to the complainant accused and his close relations vdnt> m.rh.1-f;Fk;> 1k; vjphpf;Fk; ,ilna cs;s jdpg;gl;l fhuzj;jpdhy; vjphpfs; kPJ [SECTION]98 ,.j.r.go g[fhh; bfhLf;fg;gl;Ls;sJ vd;gJ tHf;fhtzq;fs; kw;Wk; m.rh.1d; rhl;rpak; K:yk; mwpa KofpwJ.
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9.In this regard, it is relevant to rely the judgment reported in 2007-1 L.W.(Crl.) 51[SECTION] Tamilmaran Vs. The State rep. by Inspector of Police, Paravakottai Police Station, Mannargudi Taluk, Thiruvarur District, where, this Court has held as follows:
7. This Court is of the considered view that there is much force on the contention put forward by the learned senior counsel to the effect that the learned trial Judge having http: www.judis.nic.in disbelieved the prosecution case in toto no useful purpose would be served by putting the petitioner to undergo the ordeal of trail on the basis of the very same set of evidence. It is also pointed out by the learned senior counsel that even the defacto complainant himself turned hostile giving a total go-by to his earlier version and there is no other material available on record to implicate the petitioner. The learned senior counsel has rightly placed reliance on the decision of the Delhi High Court in a case in Sunil Kumar v. State reported in 2000 (1) Crimes 7[SECTION] wherein it is held as follows:
[SECTION]. The question thus is as to whether in the face of the judgment of acquittal the petitioner should still be permitted to undergo the ordeal of a trial. In Sat Kumar v. State of Haryana (AIR 197[SECTION] SC 29[SECTION]), it was held that there is no rule of law that if the Court acquits some of the accused on the evidence of a witness raising doubt with regard to them the other accused against whom there is absolute certainty about his complicity in the crime based on the remaining credible part of evidence of that witness must be acquitted. (See also Har Prasad v. State of Madhya Pradesh (AIR 1971 SC 1[SECTION]50,) Makan Jivan v. State of http: www.judis.nic.in Gujarat (AIR 1971 SC 1797) Mohd. Moin Uddin V. State of Maharashtra (1971 S.C.C.(Cri.) [SECTION]17). But where the evidence against all the accused persons is inseparable and indivisible and if some of the accused persons have been acquitted, the remaining accused persons cannot be treated differently on the basis of the same evidence.
[SECTION]. On perusal of the Judgment of acquittal dated 19.01.1998 it appears that the deceased [ENTITY] met with a homicidal death owing to burn injuries sustained by him has not been disputed by the accused persons. The evidence against the accused persons mainly consists of the evidence of the eye-witnesses, namely, [ENTITY] (PW2) and Smt. [ENTITY]) (Wife of the deceased [ENTITY]) besides the dying declaration (Ex.PW-1[SECTION]/a) of the deceased [ENTITY]. Both the said witnesses have not supported the prosecution case and so they have been declared hostile by the prosecution. Eliminating the evidence of the said eye-witnesses, there remains the dying declaration (Ex.PW.1[SECTION]/A) of the deceased [ENTITY], which has been disbelieved by the learned Addl. Sessions http: www.judis.nic.in Judge. It would, therefore, appear that the accused persons, namely, [ENTITY], [ENTITY], [ENTITY] and [ENTITY] were acquitted on the ground of insufficiency of evidence. Thus, the evidence adduced in the case against all the accused persons is inseparable and indivisible and that being so the petitioner cannot be treated differently on the basis of the said evidence. In this view of the matter, there is no prospect of the case ending in conviction against the petitioner and the valuable time of the Court would be wasted for holding trial only for the purpose of formally completing the procedure to pronounce the conclusion on a future date. If the Court is almost certain that the trial only would be an exercise in futility or sheer wastage of time, it is advisable to truncate or ship the proceedings at the stage of [SECTION] if the Code itself.
10.Further, this Court and various High Courts repeatedly held that the acquittal of the other co-accused, after considering the depositions and holding their evidence to be unreliable, the trial Court cannot re-assess their depositions once again and take a contrary view. Therefore, this Court is of the considered view that the above settled proposition of law laid down in the above decision http: www.judis.nic.in is squarely applicable to the case on hand.
11.In the present case, except the petitioner and A5, other accused viz., A2 to A[SECTION] have been tried the charges and acquitted in [CASE NUMBER] by the trial Court by the judgment dated 29.11.2018 disbelieving the case of the prosecution and holding that the prosecution has failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt. The petitioner/ A1 is also standing in the same footing like the other accused persons. Under these circumstances, no useful purpose would be served to make the petitioners to undergo the ordeal of the trial.
12.In view of the above discussion, this criminal original petition is allowed and the proceedings in [CASE NUMBER] on the file of the Additional Mahila Magistrate Court, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari is quashed insofar as the petitioner/A1 is concerned.
Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.
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1.The Additional Mahila Magistrate Court, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari.
2.The [ENTITY].
[SECTION].The [ENTITY].
http: www.judis.nic.in [ENTITY], J.
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