u^ <'•/ HI^H CQIJRT CT; CHHATHS^RH AT BIIA^UR .CrA£AJ3eLof^QOg .4pp}lcant Shatrughan Swarnakar, S/o<' ftamboH Prasad Swarnakar, Aged about 40 years, ft/o. Bright MetaS Stores, Sadar Bazar, .Ambikapur, Tahs?! A Distrlct ^mblNapyr (C^) R€Sj?wtdents Versys l» State of Chhattbgarh, Through^ bistrict AAagistrate, Dhamtarl {C6) 2. Rajtexml W/o. Shatrughcin Swarnakar, Aged about 35 years, ft/o. Sadar Bazar, DhamTOri, Police Station/ Tahsil <& Distrsct Dhamtan (C&) (PETT.T[ON UND6R SECTEON 482 OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAS- PROCEDUR6) (SB; Hon'bleMr.T.P, Shom8,.J.) Shri AAanoj Pamnjape, counsel for the appticant. Shri A jay bwivedi, Dy^ovt,Advocate for respondent NoJ./State. ORAL ORDER (Pesssd on 10th AprsS, 2009) Th.is petltion ?s directed against th.e order dated 24,12<2.008 passed by the Addjtionci! Sessions Judge, Dhamtari,, in CrimlnaS Revisjon No.28/2008 affjr-ming the order dated 26.6.2008 passed by the Judicial Magistrate First Cbss, Dhamtari, m Criminal Case No<219/2005 whereby l^e learned Judjcia! Magistrate plrst Class has framed the charge for the offence punishab!e under Section 494 of the Indian Pena! Code against the appdcant. 2. The. order is chadenged on the groyn-d that withovt th.ere bejng sufficient material for frammg of ifie charge for the offen.ee punishable ynder -Section 494 of i^B Indian Pena! Code, the Courts below haye framed the charge agdnst the appllcant and 1+iereby committed an tjJegaSit)/. './ 3. I have heard leawed counse.! appearing fc?r the applicant and respondent NoJ. and perused the petstion, order impugned- and copy of 01+iar documBnts fi!ed ors behalf of the appSicant. 4. Learned coynse! appearing for the applicant .submlts that jn ca^ of offence punlshabte under Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code, the compteinant i^as reqyired to adduc-e sufficient evidence ralating to factiim of second marriage in subsistence of fjrst marrlage, byt, m this case, the comptoJnant has not adduced syffjcient materia! mlating to facttsm of second marriage in sybsistence of fsrst marriage^ The trla! Court has ptaced reliance on the statement of Smt.Mohnl Soni who is not eye witness of second marriage and in the absence of ony eyidence, charge frawed under Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code is not sustajnabte, 5.. From perusal of the order of th@ Judietel M^gistrate-Flrst Ciass, it is evident that the Coyrt has taken cognlzance ^n the basis of complaint jn accordance wlth Chapter XV of.the Code of Criminal Procedyre, t973 (hereinafter'referred to as '1^e Acf). After appreclating the eyjdenca available on record, tiie tria! Court has framed the charge for the offence punlshabJe under Section 494 of the Indlan Pena! Code a9oin.st the applicant sn accordance wlth Section 245 of the Code and thc sa??ie has been affirmed in reyssi'on. 6, In case of trla! jnstiti^ted otherwjse than on a police. report In warrant proceedjng, the Court <s required to record evidence before framlng of tiie charge in accordance with Sectjon 245 of ^nc Code and after receiving the eysdenc^, the Court is required to eyoJiiate a!l such evjdence and on the basls of such eyaluation if the Court fmds the case that if such evidence . ?s unrebutted wou!d warmnt conviction of 1+ie accused, then the Magistrate be requlred to frame the charge o^ainst the accused In accordance wlth Section 245 of the Code< 7.. In the present case, ^e trla! Court after evaiuating omt and documenta^ evldence (especloJly copy of yotar list showing the alteged -3- second i^ife as wife of 1tie applicant) has framed the .charge for the offence punishabJe. under Sectlon 494 of the Indlan Penal Code. The Court has not committed any iltegality^ The appJicant may rebut ajch evJdence by further cross-examining 1^e witnesses already examlned and by addycing evsdence m defence. At 'tftjs stage, I do not find any iJtegaHty re.sujtmg Jnto miscarriag.e of Justice in the order impugned. 8. Co.nsequentiy, the petition belng devoid ^f merjt is iiabte to be djsmissed and »t?s hereby dlsmissed at the rpotion- stage jtseif. • 9. In view of above, I.A«No,01and I..A.No.02 stand dlsposed of. Sd/- T.P.Sharma Judge