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HIQH COX»RTOF <aiHATnBQltfi8 ; BILAaPWR SinGLBBBgCTIS MOglBUi^HM a^inBBDRA MOHAH WWSVASfSAVA^. PETniONBRS / APPUCAWTS MBWOHDBBrre/ NON-APPUCANTS Ct.M.P. Ko. 451/2010 Dwgesh @ Chbatxlal & Ors. 'VStSUS Stete of GUhatti^arh &0rs. (Ai»»acaU®an/8 483 oftte CirJP.e.l Ai»pearaace: ' .' ' . Shd Puntt Rupard^ couasd for fhe pctitioaera, Shri Aviaash K. Mishia, Paacl Lafwyer for fhe Statc^respondent No.l. Noae for respoxtdeats No. 2 & 3 ttough senred. ' ORAL-ORDBR (Passed on 22.10.2010) 1s 1, By fhis petition imder Section - 2 of the Cr.P.C., Qve petitioneis have prayed for quarfui^ FIR by Mahila Mlce Thana- Dwg ^sunst thc petittoneis for aBeged conuaisswn of offisncc uuder'SectiDn 408- A & 406 read witfa Section 34 ofttie IPO 2. Leamed ccn.inscl for the pctittoncrs aigued that (m a report todged in Mahila PoUce Thana, Indorc (M.P.) oa ^.6.2000 Edleging cruelty ly petittoners on respondent No.2- Rekha, conceraed poUce statiCTU registered fhe offence uader Sections 498- A & 406 road wlfh Sectlou 1 34 of fhe IPC aud iiavest^ation was carried out Charge sheet'was filed 1 . ' • ' ' beforc the conceraed jiuisdietional Magistrate at Indoie. 'Vfide otder -2- dated 7.1.2006, thc Judlcial Magtetrate Flrst Class, Indoie discliatgcd thc petitkmers/appUcants and rctumed chaSan papeBS of thc prosecution for beiag ftled before tfae appwspsiate «.JudiciaIMagistrate iu view of flre judgment of Supreme Coart in the case of Y. Abraham Aj . & Ors. Vs. Jnspector cf Pottce, Chemtai & cawiher. {aOOt ^SC ( i.) 2134}. Thereafter, the dwllcm. papers bssse bcen forwaaded to MaMa PoMce Thaaa, Diug. A charge sheetwas filed in the Court of Additioaal CIaef Judicial Magistrate, Duxg, upon 'wfaKih, cogauzan<»las bcea talEen and tfae petitioners/appUcaate are bcing tried. 3. Learacd counscl for the petiltoncrs argucd fhat as ttie mvest^tioa was held by the PoHce Statfoa, Indore aad cha/fcinws^ imtnny filed before tfae JudicM. Magistrate First Class iat iadare, the Addftional ChiefJudicial Magistrate, Dvxy, coiild not have tahEn cogBizanee oa fhe basis of cfeorfkai which was filed before it by &c Mahfla PoiUce Tbsaasi, , Dui^. Hfo farther subxnission is fhat fhc investigatton was carriied out by Mahila Police Thaaa, Indore and, flierefore, the poHce of-Mdtuila Pplice Thana, Dtus could not have subaaltted report beforc thc M^istrate on tttc basis of fhc chalicwi papers wMch WOB ferwacded to tt by Mahila PoUce Thaaa, tndore, His subausaton is that tte eatnre pnx:eedia^ are wifhoutjurisdictloa and au&orily of iam?, ; 4. On the othcr hand, learaed coimscl fer tbe State-xiespoadcnt No.l subaalts that the course ofaction adopted IQT the ptosecuttug agency is iri accoidaace wifh law, iaasnaucfa as the uitire offeace ia ^eged to hfive been coamutted withta the territorialjurisdictioa ofthe M^istrate at Durg and, therefoxc, the Magistrate at Ovxg aknae has jHrisdfe'tioa to try the petitmncrs fin- afleged comsmtes»n of (rffeace. He •furtfacr -3- subauts fhat fhough, upon leport of commfesicm afc<^uzdble offemce, lite poMcc at IndoBe had jurisdietion to iawestigate Ifae matter, la view of fhe arder dated 7.1.20(W passed by fhe Magistoate, Indora, tfae Mdula PoBce Tfaana, Indore ferwapded fhe FIR and ottea- daciuaents af ctoige sheet to Mahila Police Thaa& at Du% whicti, in: tura, sutoinattied the , <:hat^e sheet before flie jurisdicttonal Magistrate at Dtug. Pmm tiie • contente of FIR and aBeg^ioas wa&e flicrein as sQso 1te dimy statements, it is seveated that fhc aHcgatior^ tekea as It fa, flie entins " offcnce af cruelty te aBeged to faa»e taken wifhto tfae territnrial jurfadictk)a ofM^istrate at Du*^ and therefoie fhe htegislaate at-Diug wfll Iiave juasdiction to tiy the petitionera for alleged ciamnasioa of offencc uader Sectfon 498 A ft 406 read wtth Scction 34 afttie IPC. In so far as submission of chaige sheet by Mabfla K3»xThana,- Durg-on the b^is of rcceipt of EIR and otitea- papcr of mvestigatiDa fiMWMded-to^it by Mahfla Pcrtice Ttema, fadcBC, »sconcenwd.'m.-tlie ^ of fhis Cour^- m vfew of-the judgment of Supaxane Coart in tbe case of Satwihnder-Kmar V»^WateL®w^jof •.<^T^^ • anotlier*. swsb. couise of actioa caanot fae said 1o be fltegaL ta. ttie ' srfore'said dectoioa, fhc Supreme Court bes hdd as imiteE "10. It is true that territorialjitrisiMctiim dso te pBescra>ed- undcr sub-section •(1) to fhc cxtent •Burt fhe OfGcer can investigate any coyaazstole case which a c<wut having jurisdictton 'over tfae tocal area 'wifhin the limits of such pofiee statton would hanic power to inquire into or tty-under the piovfalans at Oasfter XBI. Howcver, siib-section (2) 2aalBes tite positioa ctear by pnwidn^ that ao proceediag <rf a-poUce crfBcer in auy such ease ^iaU rt: aay sriage be cdlrf ja question on fhe groiuid -ttiat fhe case was oae wluch t (1999) 8 SCG 728 -4- suchofficerwas not empowered to iawstlgate; CT mvest^atioa is comptetcd, the sesult aS sucli investigatioa is Bequired to be subinittod as pnwidrf undcr Sections 168, 169 and 170. Swtion 170 spccificalty pnnndes fhat If, upoa an. iavestigation, tt appeare to the Officerm (diafge of ffae poltee-stetton that there te siitteitait evaleace or icasonabte ground of suspicioa to jzistify fhe forwaidmg <rf ttic accuscd to a Magistiate, such officer shsdl, fiawanl the accused uader castody to a Magistrate empawered to tafac cognizaace offhe odfence up<» a poUce icport and to tiy tiic accuscd or comnaitfer trial. Rufher, if fhe Iavestigatuq;0fficer ancroes at fhe coadusion Aat fhe crime was not ccaiunitted wltihna fec territE«rial jurisdiction of the poMce station, fhen F.I.R. can be foiwarded to the poBce station huving JiMisdictioa ovcr ffae area in wAidi crimc te comnGUtted. Bat this would not mean fhat in a caae wtoich xeqzures ? iHvcstigatipn, (he poUce offlcer can icfusc to reeoni *'- ''"fheFIRand/orinvestqjateit* 5. In viesy of fhc above, t am not naMncd to aecept ttic submissioa of feamed caunsel for tte pctitioners tfaat the Malula PbUee Tliaaa, DIU!| couM xiot have subnutted diarge staeetbefone fl»e atBurg.: 6. In &e tesult, I do not find aay merit in tte pctitlon. Ttae ^titioa is tiabte to bc dismissed aad thcsaane is accwdva^ydvssaisseA: 7. Consequeafty, mterun oida- dated 14.9.2010 passed earUer etaads vacated. . . . 8. Copy ofttas cuder hc sent to fhe concertad Additfoaai Claef Judlcial Magistrate, Duig. <; Manindra Mohan Shrivastava Judge Kraveen