IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Crl. Misc. Application (C-482) No. 456 of 2008 (Old No. 5649 of 2000) Sanjay Kumar Agarwal S/o late Sri P.D. Agarwal, R/o 129 / 184, Darbhanga Colony, Allahabad Proprietor Jagdish Timber Company, Bans Mandi, Tilak Road, Mutthiganj, Allahabad. ...…………. Petitioner Versus 1. State of U.P. (Now State of Uttarakhand) 2. Smt. Rajlata Sharma W/o Sri Raja Ram Sharma R/o 96, Near Suvidha Hotel, Shrawan Nath Nagar, Police Station Kotwali, Distt. Haridwar. ...…………. Respondents Mr. Lokendra Dobhal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. B.S. Parihar, Brief Holder for the respondent No. 1 / State. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. By means of this petition, moved under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short Cr.P.C.), the petitioner has sought quashing of the proceedings of Criminal Complaint Case No. 85 of 2000; Smt. Rajlata Sharma Vs. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, relating to offences punishable under Section 420, 406 of I.P.C., police station Kotwali Haridwar, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar. 2) Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the papers on record. 3) This petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. was filed by the petitioner on 28.09.2000 before the Allahabad High Court, where stay was granted on 09.10.2000. Subsequently, the petition was received by transfer to this Court under Section 35 of the U.P. Reorganization Act (Central Act No. 29 of 2000), for its disposal. 4) Learned counsel for the petitioner drew attention of this Court to the copy of the criminal complaint (Annexure –1 to the petition) and argued that even if the allegations in the criminal complaint are accepted, ingredients of the offence punishable under Section 420, 406, of I.P.C. are not made out. The criminal complaint contains seven paragraphs, which are being reproduced below: “vUrxZr /kkjk 420@406 vkbZ0ih0lh0] Fkkuk dksrokyh] gfj}kjA Jheku~th] Okknuh fuEufyf[kr fuosnu djrh gS %& ¼1½ ;g fd oknuh eS0 xkSjo fVEcj dEiuh gfj}kj dh izksijkbZVj gSA ¼2½ ;g fd vfHk;qDr lat; dqekj vxoz ky] txnh’k fVEcj dEiuh dk izksijkbZVj gSA vfHk;qDr oknuh ls Lyhij fVEcj [kjhnrk jgk gSA ¼3½ ;g fd vfHk;qDr us oknuh ls 3]89]931@& :Ik;s dk eky fVEcj [kjhn fd;k Fkk ftlesa vfHk;qDr us oknuh dks :Ik;s 2]64]712@& fn;s Fks rFkk vfHk;qDr dks oknuh dk 1]24]319@& :Ik;k cdk;k pyk vkrk gSA ¼4½ ;g fd oknuh us vfHk;qDr dks ,d uksfVl fnukad 20-10-99 jftLVMZ fHktok;kA ijUrq uksfVl izkfIr ds ckn Hkh vfHk;qDr us :Ik;k ugh fn;kA ¼5½ ;g fd vfHk;qDr us oknuh ls >wB cksydj oknuh dk 1]24]319@& :Ik;s /kks[kk/kMh djds gMi fy;sA U;k;fgr esa vfHk;qDr dks ryc fd;k tkdj nf.Mr fd;k tkuk vko’;d gSA ¼6½ ;g fd oknuh us fnukd 24-12-1999 dks ,d fjiksVZ jftLVªh Mkd }kjk Jheku ,l0ih0 gfj}kj dks Hksth ijUrq bruk le; chrus ij Hkh iqfyl us dksbZ dk;Zokgh ugha dhA bl dkj.k oknuh dks ekuuh; U;k;ky; ds le{k okn nk;j djuk iM+kA ¼7½ ;g fd oknuh ds fo:} izFke n`"V;k /kkjk 420@406 vkbZ0Ikh0lh0 dk vijk/k curk gSA U;k;fgr esa vfHk;qDr dks ryc djds nf.Mr fd;k tkuk vko’;d gSA vr% Jkekuth ls izkFkZuk gS fd mijksDr rF;ksa dks n`f"Vxr j[krs gq, vfHk;qDr dks ryc djds nf.Mr djus dh d`ik djsaA vkidh vfr d`ik gksxhA fnaukd 23-02-2000 g0 oknuh Jherh jktyrk 'kekZ IkRuh Jh jktkjke 'kekZ fu0 e0Uk0 96 utnhd lqfo/kk gksVy Jo.kukFk uxj] gfj}kjA ” It is nowhere pleaded that what was the deception made by the petitioner. There is nothing in the complaint which shows that there was entrustment of the money to the petitioner. As such, even if the allegations made in the criminal complaint are taken to be true, the ingredients of the offence punishable either under Section 420 of I.P.C. or under Section 406 of I.P.C., are not made out. What has been mentioned in the criminal complaint constitutes only civil liability. 5) For the reasons as discussed above, the petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. is allowed. The proceedings of Criminal Complaint Case No. 85 of 2000, Rajlata Sharma Vs. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, relating to offences punishable under Section 420, 406 of I.P.C., police station Kotwali Haridwar, pending before the Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar, are hereby quashed. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. June 09, 2010. H. Negi