JUDGEMENT
Bala Krishna Narayana, J. -
(1.)HEARD learned Counsel for the applicants and learned A.G.A.
(2.)THE present Cr.P.C. petition has been filed for quashing chargesheet dated 12.11.2008 submitted in Case Crime No. Nil of 2008, Under Section IPC Police Station Charra, District Aligarh and entire proceeding of Case No. 05 of 2009 State v. Subodh) pending in the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aligarh
The contention of the counsel for the applicant is that no offence against the applicant is disclosed and the present prosecution has been instituted with a malafide intention for the purposes of harassment. He pointed out certain documents and statements in support of his contention.
(3.)FROM the perusal of the material on record and looking into the facts of the case at this stage it cannot be said that no offence is made out against the applicants. All the submission made at the bar relates to the disputed question of fact, which cannot be adjudicated upon by this Court under Section Cr.P.C. At this stage only prima facie case is to be seen in the light of the law laid down by Supreme Court in cases of R.P. Kapur v. State of Punjab : A.I.R. 1960 S.C. 866, State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal, 1992 SCC 426, State of Bihar v. P.P. Sharma, 1992 SCC 192 and lastly Zandu Pharmaceutical Works Ltd. v. Mohd. Saraful Haq and Anr. (Para -10), 2005 SCC 283. The disputed defence of the accused cannot be considered at this stage. Moreover, the applicants have got right of discharge under Section or / Cr.P.C. as the case may be through a proper application for the said purpose and they are free to take all the submissions in the said discharge application before the Trial Court.
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