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Mahesh2010 (Occupation)     12 November 2009

Under section- 156(3) of Cr.P.C.

 

Respected Members,
 
As per the provisions u/s 156(3) of Cr.P.C, JMFC Court has passed order and directed Police to investigate the complaint and submit the report .The matter is related to immovable property located in Maharashtra and completely of civil nature.
 
Whether above-mentioned order can be challenge before appellate court for Quashment. Under what provision also ,Pls give me case laws if any.
 
 
Thanks
Mahesh


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 7 Replies

R.R. KRISHNAA (Legal Manager)     12 November 2009

2006(3) Criminal Court Cases 820 (Bombay)

 

The above case says that magistrate has powers to deal issues even if the matter is civil in nature.

Sanjeev Kuchhal (Publishers)     12 November 2009

Apex Court has time and again drawn attention to the growing tendency of complainants attempting to give the cloak of a criminal offence to matters which are essentially and purely civil in nature, obviously either to apply pressure on the accused, or out of enmity towards the accused, or to subject the accused to harassment. Criminal courts should ensure that proceedings before it are not used for settling scores or to pressurise parties to settle civil disputes. But at the same, it should be noted that several disputes of a civil nature may also contain the ingredients of criminal offences and if so, will have to be tried as criminal offences, even if they also amount to civil disputes. See: G. Sagar Suri v. State of U.P. 2000 (2) SCC 636 and Indian Oil Corporation v. NEPC India 2006 (6) SCC 736.

Anil Agrawal (Retired)     12 November 2009

 Surprising that a civil case has been taken up by criminal court.

Anish goyal (Advocate)     12 November 2009

I think quashing of proceeding by high court will be the remedy in such a case

Arvind Singh Chauhan (advocate)     12 November 2009

 Anish have suggested the best remedy.

Kiran Kumar (Lawyer)     12 November 2009

i would suggest wait till the summons are issued to you, the matter has been directed for investigation, and you have yet not been summoned at this stage.

 

the police may give report in your favour and the court may accept it.

Feroz M Shafeeque (Police Officer)     12 November 2009

It is not uncommon to see matters of civil nature reaches Police station through magistrate court u/s 156(3) CrPC.

 

Police will give a final report to drop further action citing that complaint is of civil nature.

 

It is better to wait till the final report is filed before the court. I suggest to follow the advice given by Kiran Kumar.


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