1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR JUDGMENT Munshi Abdul Rahim & Ors. & State of Rajasthan S.B. CRIMINAL MISC. PETITION No.798/09 S.B. Criminal Misc. Petition Under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code Date of Judgment :: 05.10.2009 HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE R.S. CHAUHAN Mr. Mohammed Anees for the petitioner. Mrs. Alka Bhatnagar PP for the State. The petitioners are aggrieved by the order dated 04.04.2007 and by the order dated 23.06.2008. By the former order, the learned Magistrate has rejected the application filed under Section 177 of Criminal Procedure Code by the petitioners. By the latter order, the Revisional Court has upheld the order dated 04.04.2007. Mr. Mohammed Anees, the learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that respondent No.2, Rasida, had lodged a complaint against the petitioners for offence under Sections 498A, 406 and under Section 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. According to the complainant, all the acts of cruelty and criminal breach of trust were committed in Jaipur. However, the 2 complaint has been lodged before the learned Magistrate at Nasirabad. The complaint was sent to the police at Nasirabad for further investigation under Section 156(3) of Cr.P.C. However, as the offence occurred in Jaipur, the police at Nasirabad does not have the power to investigate the case. Similarly, the Court at Nasirabad does not have the jurisdiction to try the case. Despite this glaring legal lacunae, the learned Magistrate has rejected his application under Section 177 of Cr.P.C. and the Revisional Court has upheld the said order. A bare perusal of FIR, which was chalked out on the basis of complaint filed by non-petitioner No.2, clearly shows that the part of the offence was committed at Nasirabad. Even if the details of the offence are not narrated in the FIR, it would not dilute the jurisdiction of the Court at Nasirabad to try the case. For, an FIR is not meant to be encyclopedic in its scope. Therefore, the contention raised with regard to the territorial jurisdiction is without any merit. In the result, there is no merit in the petition; it is, hereby, dismissed. [R.S.CHAUHAN]J A.Asopa/