Case: R. Kalyani Vs. Janak C. Mehta

2. Appellant lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against the respondents on or about 4.1.2003 under Sections 409, 420 and 468 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.3. First and second respondent approached the High Court for an order for quashing of the said FIR as also the investigation initiated pursuant thereto or in furtherance thereof. The High Court allowed the said proceedings by reason of the impugned order dated 29.4.2004.

Reasoning: 27. If a person, thus, has to be proceeded with as being variously liable for the acts of the company, the company must be made an accused. In any event, it would be a fair thing to do so, as legal fiction is raised both against the Company as well as the person responsible for the acts of the Company.28. For the reasons aforementioned, we do not find any legal infirmity in the impugned judgment. Before parting with this case, however, we must clarify one aspect of the matter. Respondent No.3, arrayed as accused No.3 in the First Information Report, did not file any application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. We do not know under what circumstances, the High Court directed service of the notice on him. Nowhere in the impugned judgment, High Court found that the allegations contained in the First Information Report against the respondent No.3 also do not disclose commission of any cognizable offence. It is one thing to say that he has not committed the same but it is another thing that the High Courts jurisdiction under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure could have been invoked at this stage.29. In view of our findings aforementioned, we have no other option but to hold that the High Court in its judgment cannot be said to have covered the case of the respondent No.3.