IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.15412 of 2002 DEV SHARMA @ DEV KUMAR SHARMA & ORS Versus STATE OF BIHAR & ANR ----------- 8. 19.8.2010. Heard Sri Suraj Narain Pd. Sinha, senior counsel appearing for the petitioners and the learned A.P.P. for the State. The order of summoning dated 6.2.2002 passed in Ekma P.S.Case No.34 of 2000 is under challenge and is sought to be quashed. Without stating the facts of the case this may be suffice to point out that the impugned order of cognizance is not an order which could be said to be passed after due application of judicial mind by the Chief Judicial Magistrate,Chapra because the very order is in a printed form with spaces left vacant for filling up various details, like, the name of the police station, the case number and the Sections of offences along with enactments under which the cognizance was to be taken, besides, the court to which the case would be transferred for trial. This clearly indicates that the order was passed in the most mechanical manner and without due application of the judicial mind of the court. - 2 - In the result, this petition succeeds. The order dated 6.2.2002 is hereby quashed. The matter is remitted to the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chapra for taking a fresh look at the whole issue of taking cognizance or passing summoning orders. Let the L.C.R. be sent to the concerned court immediately. B.Kr. ( Dharnidhar Jha, J. )