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[2026:RJ-JP:11811] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous (Petition) No. 4665/2015 Santosh Chib, Wife Of Late Shri Vasudev Chib, aged 65 years, R/o 251, Adarsh Nagar, Jaipur. ----Petitioner Versus
1. State Of Rajasthan Through P.P.
2. Drugs Control Officer, Swasthya Bhawan, Tilak Marg, C- Scheme, Jaipur-302005. ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Amulya Jemini for Mr. S.S. Hora For Respondent(s) : Mr. Narendra Singh Dhakar, PP JUSTICE ANOOP KUMAR DHAND
Order 19/03/2026
1. By way of filing the instant criminal misc. petition, a challenge has been led to the impugned order dated 06.07.2015 passed by the Court of Special Judge (Fake Currency Cases) and Additional Sessions Judge, Jaipur Metropolitan, Jaipur in Criminal Revision Petition No.161/2014 by which the revision petition submitted by the petitioner against the order dated 21.03.2014 passed by the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Jaipur Metropolitan has been rejected.
2. By passing the order dated 21.03.2014 the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate has taken cognizance against the petitioner along with co-accused persons under Sections 17A, 17B(d)(e), 18(a)(i), 18A, 18B, 22(1)(cca) read with Section 36AC,
[2026:RJ-JP:11811] (2 of 3) [CRLMP-4665/2015] 27(a), 27(b)(i), 27(c), 27(d), 22(3), 28, 28A of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 read with Sections 420, 487 and 120B IPC.
3.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that aggrieved by the aforesaid order, the petitioner submitted a criminal revision petition before the Court of Special Judge (Fake Currency Cases) and Additional Sessions Judge, Jaipur Metropolitan, Jaipur i.e. Revisional Court, however, the same was rejected vide order dated 06.07.2015 in a cursory manner without assigning any reason, hence, interference of this Court is warranted.
4. Per contra, learned Public Prosecutor opposes the prayer, but he is not in a position to controvert the aforesaid submission.
5. Heard and considered the submissions made at the Bar and perused the material available on the record.
6. Perusal of the record indicates that the order dated 21.03.2014 passed by the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate was assailed by the petitioner by way of filing a revision petition before the Revisional Court. The Revisional Court has rejected the said revision petition in a cursory manner without assigning any reasons. The judgments relied by the petitioner before the Revisional Court have not been looked into, only on the count that the said judgments have been passed by the High Court in exercise of its jurisdiction contained under Section 482 Cr.P.C.
7. In the consider opinion of this Court, this cannot be a ground for rejection of the revision petition.
8. It is expected from the Revisional Authority to pass a reasoned order after application of mind on the facts and grounds taken by the petitioner.
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9. On this count alone, the impugned order dated 06.07.2015 stands quashed and set aside. The matter is remitted to the Revisional Court to pass a fresh and reasoned order after hearing the arguments of the petitioner.
10. The petitioner is directed to appear before the Revisional Court i.e. the Court of Special Judge (Fake Currency Cases) and the Additional Sessions Judge, Jaipur Metropolitan, Jaipur, on
16.04.2026. It is expected from the Revisional Court to decide the revision petition expeditiously, looking to the fact that the matter pertains to the year 2014.
11. With the aforesaid observations, the instant criminal misc. petition stands disposed of. The stay application and all pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of.
12. Before parting with this order, it is made clear that no interim
order is operating in favour of the petitioner since the day of filing this petition. In case, the trial has proceeded in the matter and the same has reached to its fag end or conclusion stage, then this
order would not have any effect. The Trial Court would be at liberty to proceed with the trial strictly in accordance with law, expeditiously as early as possible, as the matter pertains to the year 2014.
(ANOOP KUMAR DHAND),J KuD/18