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2025 DAILYLAW 62646 (ALL)

RAKESH AND 3 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER

NA528/18591/2025 · 2025-05-22

Sanjay Kumar Pachori

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:88468 Court No. - 72 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 18591 of 2025 Applicant :- Rakesh And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Mithilesh Kumar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J. 1. Shri M.K. Shukla, learned counsel for the applicants and 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 order dated 26.07.2024 passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate, Agra, in criminal case No. 14935 of 2024, arising out of Case Crime No. 877 of 2021, under Sections 323 and 504 of I.P.C., P.S. Tajganj, District Agra, whereby cognizance has been taken as a State case. 3. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that F.I.R. has been registered against the applicants at Police Station Tajganj, District Agra, under Sections 323, 504 of I.P.C. registered as Case Crime No. 877 of 2021. After completing the investigation, charge-sheet was submitted under Sections 323 and 504 of I.P.C. and the magistrate took cognizance under Sections 323 and 504 of I.P.C. 4. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that the offence punishable under Sections 323 and 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 complaint, and the police officer by whom such report is made shall be deemed to be the complainant; 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 26.07.2024 passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate, Agra, 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 :- 23.5.2025 Akram Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD AKRAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad