ORIGINAL JURISDICTION - Orissa High Court
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION - Orissa High Court
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION - Orissa High Court
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2010 ( I ) ILR-CUT- 382<br />
B.P.RAY,J.<br />
M/S.MAHAVIR AUTO DIAGNOSTIC PVT.LTD.-V- MANOJ AIYER.*<br />
DECEMBER 19,2009.<br />
127<br />
PENAL CODE, 1860 (ACT NO.45 OF 1860) – SEC.420.<br />
Allegations in complaint petition – Failure on the part of the<br />
petitioners to comply with certain promises made to the complainant<br />
while purchasing the car in question – Held, mere failure to keep<br />
somebody’s promise would not make himself liable for being<br />
prosecuted U/s.420 IPC. – Impugned order as well as the proceeding in<br />
the complaint case are quashed. (Para 4)<br />
Case law Relied on:-<br />
AIR 2008 SC 251 : ( Inder Mohan Goswami & Anr.-V- State of Uttaranchal &<br />
Ors.).<br />
For Petitioner - Mr.S.K.Gajendra, Sr.Counsel & Associates.<br />
For Opp.Party – Mr.T.Roy & Associates.<br />
*CRLMC NO.1277 OF 2007. In the matter of an application U/s.482 of the<br />
Cr.P.C. to quash the order of cognizance dated 02.02.2007 passed in<br />
I.C.C.Case No.206of 2007 by Shri D.Nayak, learned S.D.J.M.,Bhubaneswar.<br />
B.P. RAY, J. The petitioners have assailed the order of cognizance taken<br />
by the learned S.D.J.M., Bhubaneswar in ICC Case No. 206 of 2007 on the<br />
basis of a complaint filed by the opp.party. Learned Magistrate by the<br />
impugned order dated 2.2.2007 has taken cognizance of the offence under<br />
Section 420/34,IPC and has issued summons to the accused persons for<br />
which the petitioners have filed this application u/s. 482, Cr. P.C.<br />
2. The complaint petition filed by the opp.party has been enclosed as<br />
Annexure-6 to this petition. From the averments made in the complaint<br />
petition it would appear that the complainant had purchased a Skoda car<br />
from the petitioners from their Bhubaneswar Show Room on 28.10.2006. It<br />
was alleged that while purchasing the said car the petitioners had made<br />
certain inducements/promises to the complainant for which the complainant