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2025 DAILYLAW 108337 (ALL)

MANSHA KANNAUJIYA AND 3 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER

A482/40077/2024 · 2025-04-22

Deepak Verma

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:60959 Court No. - 84 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 40077 of 2024 Applicant :- Mansha Kannaujiya And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Gyan Singh,Sukhvir Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned AGA for the State. 2. The present 482 Cr.P.C. application has been filed to quash the charge-sheet No. 191 of 2023 dated 30.05.2023, cognizance/summoning order dated 24.07.2023 as well as to quash the entire proceedings of Sessions Trial No.769 of 2023 (Case No.2730 of 2023) arising out of Case Crime No.130 of 2023 (State vs.Namwar Kannaujiya and others), under sections 323, 504, 506, 308 I.P.C., Police Station Devgaon, District Azamgarh, pending in the court of Additional District & Session Judge, Court No.5, Azamgarh. 3. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that the applicants are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present case. Parties were engaged in assaulting to each other. Learned counsel for the applicants next submits that instant FIR lodged with malice intention in counter of the FIR lodged by the applicants. Instant dispute arose on account of property dispute and civil suit is pending between the parties. He next submitted that the applicants' side also received injuries and injuries are simple in nature. 4. Per contra, learned A.G.A. opposed the submission raised by applicants' counsel and submits that submission raised by learned counsel for the applicants is disputed question of facts and cannot be decided at this stage. Prosecution story is supported by injury report and statement of the witnesses. Trial court has rightly summoned the applicants. 5. The grounds taken in the application reveal that many of them relate to disputed question of fact. This Court is of the view that it is well settled that the appreciation of evidence is a function of the trial court. This Court in exercise of power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. cannot assume such jurisdiction and put an end to the process of trial provided under the law. It is also settled by the Apex Court in catena of judgments that The impugned criminal proceeding against the applicants is abuse of the process of the Court and is liable to be quashed by this Court.the power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. at pre-trial stage should not be used in a routine manner but it has to be used sparingly, only in such an appropriate cases, where it manifestly appears that there is a legal bar against the institution or continuance of the criminal proceedings or where allegations made in First Information Report or charge-sheet and the materials relied in support of same, on taking their face value and accepting in their entirety do not disclose the commission of any offence against the accused. The disputed questions of facts and defence of the accused cannot be taken into consideration at this pre-trial stage. 6. In view of the above, in the light of judgment of the Apex Court in the matters of R.P. Kapur Vs. State of Punjab, A.I.R. 1960 S.C. 866, Manik B. Vs. Kadapala Sreyes Reddy and another, 2023 Live Law (SC) 642, State of Haryana Vs. Bhajan Lal, 1992 SCC (Cr.) 426, State of Bihar Vs. P.P.Sharma, 1992 SCC (Cr.) 192 and lastly Zandu Pharmaceutical Works Ltd. Vs. Mohd. Saraful Haq and another (Para-10) 2005 SCC (Cr.) 283, no ground for quashing the proceedings of the aforesaid case, is made out which may call for any interference by this Court in exercise of its inherent power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. as the same do not suffer from any illegality or infirmity. 7. Considered the arguments raised by both the parties. Prima- facie offence is made out against the applicants. No interference is warranted. The present 482 application of applicants- Mansha Kannaujiya, Pushpa Kannaujiya, Namwar Kannaujiya & Sudhir Kannaujiya is hereby dismissed with the aforesaid observation. Order Date :- 23.4.2025 SKD Digitally signed by :- SURJIT KUMAR DEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad