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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:79552 Court No. - 72 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 16761 of 2025 Applicant :- Rajesh Bind Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Gulab Singh Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J.
1. Shri Gulab Singh Yadav, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Pranvijay Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State are present.
2. The Present application under Section 528 BNSS has been filed by the applicant to quash the entire proceedings of Case No. 3 of 2025 (State v. Ram Chandra Bind and others) arising out of N.C.R. No. 34 of 2020, under Sections 323, 504 of IPC, Police Station Phoolpur, District Prayagraj as well as cognizance/summoning
order dated 17.1.2025, pending in the Court of Gram Nayalayay, Phoolpur, Prayagraj.
3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that N.C.R. has been registered against the applicant at Police Station Phoolpur, District Prayagraj, under Sections 323, and 504 of I.P.C. registered as N.C.R. No. 34 of 2020. After completing the investigation, charge- sheet was submitted under Sections 323, 504 of I.P.C. and the magistrate took cognizance under Sections 323, 504 of I.P.C.
4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the offence punishable under Sections 323, 504 of I.P.C. are non-cognizable offence as per provision of Section 2(d) of Cr.P.C. the case could not be a State case and it has been proceeded as a State case, the cognizance/ summoning order is an abuse of the process of law.
5. Section 2(d) of Cr.P.C. is reproduced herein below: (d)"complaint" means any allegation made orally or in writing to a Magistrate, with a view to his taking action under this Code, that some person, whether known or unknown, has committed an offence, but does not include a police report. Explanation.-A report made by a police officer in a case which discloses, after investigation, the commission of a non-cognizable offence shall be deemed to be a complainant, and the police officer by whom such report is
made shall be deemed to be the complaint;
6. A bare perusal of explanation added to Section 2(d) shows that this explanation speaks about cases where police has investigated a case but investigation made discloses a non-cognizable offence, such report shall be deemed to be complaint.
7. In view of what has been stated above, the present application is disposed of. The order impugned dated 17.1.2025 passed by Judicial Magistrate, Phoolpur, is, hereby, quashed. The matter is remanded back to the Court concerned and the Magistrate is
directed to pass a fresh order after applying the judicial mind.
Order Date :- 14.5.2025 Akram Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD AKRAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD AKRAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad