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OF
OF
CONSTI
TUTI
ONOFINDI
A
CONSTI
TUTI
ONOFINDI
A

I
NTHEMATTEROF:
I
NTHEMATTEROF:

MOOLCHAND ………….
APPELLANT

BALDEV ……APPELLANT
VERSUS

BALDEVANDAnr
. VERSUS …………….
.RESPONDENT

STATEMEMORI ……RESPONDENT
ALONBEHALFOFTHERESPONDENT

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edTo: Submi
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edBy:
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 Tabl
eofCont
ent
s

Cont
ent PageNo.

Li
stof

Abbr
evat
ion……………………………………………… 3

I
ndexof

Aut
hor
it
ies……………………………………………………. .4

St
atementof

Jur
isdi
cti
on……………………………………………………. 6

St
atementof

Fact
s…………………………………………………………… 7

St
atementof

I
ssues…………………………………………………………… 8

Summar
yof

Ar
gument
s..
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Ar
gument
s

Adv
anced………………………………………………………. 10

Pr
ayer
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. 20
 LI
STOFABBREVATI
ONS

ABBREVATI
ON ACTUALTERM

Hon’
ble Honour
abl
e

A. Ar
ti
cle

S. Sect
ion

Anr Anot
her

Or
s. Ot
her
s

v
. Ver
sus

SC Schedul
eCast
es

ST Schedul
eTr
ibes

Cr
PC Cr
imi
nal
Procedur
eCode

& And

AI
R Al
lIndi
aRepor
t

U/
S UnderSect
ion

SLP Speci
alLeav
ePet
it
ion

U/
A UnderAr
ti
cle

Pv
t.Lt
d Pr
ivat
eLi
mit
ed
 I
NDEXOFAUTHORI
TIES

1)LI
STOFSTATUESREFERRED

i
)TheConst
it
uti
onofI
ndi
a,1950

i
i
)TheSchedul
edCast
esandt
heSchedul
edTr
ibes(
Prev
ent
ionofAt
roci
ti
es)Act
,
1989

i
i
i)Cr
imi
nal
Procedur
eCode,
1973

2)LI
STOFJUDI
CIALPRECEDENTS

1.Omvat
iV.Sat
e(Del
hiAdmn.
),(
2001)4SCC38

2.Ti
rpat
iBal
aji
Dev
eloper
sPv
t.Lt
d.V.St
ateofBi
har AI
R2004SC2351

3.M.
C.Meht
aV.UOI AI
R2004SC4618

4.Aer
oTr
ader
sPv
t.Lt
d.V.Rav
inderkumarSur
i AI
R2005SC15

5.JamshedHor
musj
iWadai
V.Boar
dofTr
ust
ee,
Por
tofMumbaiAI
R2004
SC1815

6.Kunhay
ammedV.St
ateofKer
ala(
2000)6SC539

7.Chi
kkappa&Or
s.V.St
ateBySub-I
nspect
orofPol
i
ce 2002Cr
.L.
J518

8.Y.
Vasudev
aRao&Anr
.V.St
ateofA.
P 2005CR.
L.J3774

9.MaheshSakhar
am Pat
oleV.TheSt
ateofMahar
asht
ra Cr
imi
nal
appeal
1318of2009i
nBombayCour
t

10.
AlkaA.Mi
shr
aV.St
ateofJhar
khand&Anr
. 2003Cr
.L.
J1333

11.
Par
deepKumarV.St
ateofJhar
khand&Anr
. CSRNo.1354of2019

12.
Ashi
m KumarChat
ter
jeeV.St
ateofJhar
khandandAnr
.

13.
Gor
igepent
aiahV.St
ateonAndhr
aPr
adesh 2008Cr
.L.
J.350SC
 14.
Stat
eofHar
yanaV.Bhaj
anl
al AI
R1992SC604

15.
K.Neel
avani
V.St
ateRepBYI
nsp.OfPol
i
ce&Or
s SLP(
Cr.
L)3562OF
2009

16.
Dr.Shar
adaPr
asadSi
nhaV.St
ateofBi
har 1977AI
R1754,
SCR(
2)357

17.
Kaml
aKantSi
nghV.Chai
rman,
Benet
taCol
man&Co.
Ltd.
,Cr
.R.667Of
1985

18.
Dir
ect
orofPubl
i
cPr
osecut
ionV.Ot
tewel
l (
1970)A.
C.642

3)ARTI
CLESREFERRED

i
)Dr
.AshokkumarMakkar
,“At
roci
ti
eswi
thi
n‘publ
i
cvi
ew’
underSC/
ST
(
prev
ent
ionofat
roci
ti
es)act:
ACr
it
ical
anal
ysi
s”4I
nter
nat
ional
Jour
nal
ofLaw 10-
14(
2018)

4)WEBSOURCESREFERRED

i
) ht
tp:
//www.
scconl
i
ne.
com

i
i
)ht
tp:
//www.
manupat
raf
ast
.com

i
i
i)ht
tp:
//www.
indi
ankanoon.
com
 STATEMENTOFJURI
SDI
CTI
ON

Speci
alLeav
etoAppeal
bef
oret
heSupr
emeCour
tisbei
ngf
il
edbyt
hepet
it
ioner
undert
hepr
ovi
siont
hatcor
respondst
oAr
ti
cle-136ofTheConst
it
uti
onofI
ndi
a,
1950.Ther
espondentr
espect
ful
l
ysubmi
tt
edt
othej
uri
sdi
cti
onoft
hisHon’
bleCour
t.

TheAr
ti
clei
nvokedar
erepr
oducedher
eunder:
-

A-
136.Speci
all
eav
etoappealbyt
heSupr
emeCour
t
(
1)Not
wit
hst
andi
ngany
thi
ngi
nthi
sChapt
er,
theSupr
emeCour
tmay
,ini
ts
di
scr
eti
on,
grantspeci
all
eav
etoappeal
from anyj
udgment
,decr
ee,
det
ermi
nat
ion,
sent
enceoror
deri
nanycauseormat
terpassedormadeby
anycour
tort
ri
bunal
int
het
err
it
oryofI
ndi
a
(
2) 
Not
hingi
ncl
ause(
1)shal
lappl
ytoanyj
udgment
,det
ermi
nat
ion,
sent
enceor
or
derpassedormadebyanycour
tort
ri
bunal
const
it
utedbyorunderany
l
awr
elat
ingt
otheAr
medFor
ces.
 STATEMENTOFFACTS

1.MoolChand(Appel
l
ant)wasel
ect
edasawar
dMemberofWar
dNo.9
Raj
pur
atownt
otheseatwhi
chi
sreser
vedi
sreser
vedf
orSchedul
eCast
eandhe
al
sobel
ongt
oSchedul
eCast
e.Thebodywaschai
redbyBal
dev(
Respondent
)who
bel
ongt
oGener
alCat
egoy
.

2.OnDecember4,
2019Bal
devsenthi
m aWhat
sAppmessaget
oinv
itehi
mfora
per
sonal
meet
ingi
nhi
schamberat11:
30AM.Mool
Chandwasbusyt
hatdayand,
t
her
efor
e,her
eadt
hemessageat11:
30AM.

3.Hei
mmedi
atel
ycal
l
edBal
devt
oinf
ormt
hathewoul
dreachshor
tl
y.Bal
devst
art
ed
shout
ingathi
mforget
ti
ngl
ateandmadecast
eistr
emar
kshumi
l
iat
edhi
m,att
hat
t
imeacl
erkwassi
tt
ingi
nthechamber.WhenMool
Chandwentt
otheMuni
cipal
i
ty
t
oat
tendt
hemeet
ing.Bal
devgotangr
yandabusedhi
m ont
henameofhi
scast
ein
hi
schamber
.Att
hatt
imet ewasno3rdper
her soni
nsi
det
hechamber
.

4.Mool
Chandl
eftt
hechamberandr
ushedt
othepol
i
ceSt
ati
ont
oregi
steranFI
R
agai
nstBal
dev
.

5.Att
hei
nit
ial
stageoft
hecase,
thet
ri
alcour
tfoundt
hatapr
imaf
aci
ecasehad
beenmadeoutagai
nstBal
dev.Ther
efor
eOnFebr
uar
y4,
2020,
thecour
tfr
amed
char
gesU/
S-3(
1)(
r)&(
s)ofSchedul
eCast
eandSchedul
eTr
ibe(
Prev
ent
ionof
At
roci
ti
es)Act
,1989.

6.
Bal
devchal
l
engedt
heor
deroff
rami
ngofchar
gesbef
oret
heAl
l
ahabadHi
ghCour
t
.Hi
ghCour
thel
dthatt
hecast
eistasper
sionsmadet
elephoni
cal
l
yori
ntheabsence
ofa3rdpar
tydi
dnotconst
it
uteanof
fencewi
thi
nthemeani
ngofS-
3(1)
(r)&(
s)oft
he
Act
,becauset
heal
l
egedr
emar
kswer
enotmade“
atapl
acewi
thi
npubl
i
cvi
ew”as
r
equi
redundert
hesepr
ovi
sion.Thecour
tal
sosai
dthatt
heActi
spenal
stat
ute
whi
chmustbest
ri
ctl
yconst
rued.OnApr
il4,
2020Hi
ghCour
tquashedt
heor
derof
f
rami
ngofchar
ges.TheCour
tal
sodeni
edt
opr
ovi
det
hecer
ti
fi
cat
etoappeal
bef
ore
t
heSupr
emeCour
tU/
A-134Aoft
heConst
it
uti
onofI
ndi
a.

7.
Aggr
iev
edbyt
heOr
derofHi
ghCour
t,Mool
Chandf
il
edSpeci
alLeav
ePet
it
ionU/
A-
136ofTheConst
it
uti
onofI
ndi
aandsamewasadmi
tt
edf
orhear
ingbyt
hecour
t.
 STATEMENTSOFI
SSUES

I
SSUES:
-

1.WHETHERTHESPECI
ALLEAVEPETI
TIONU/
S-136OF
CONSTI
TUTI
ONOFI
NDI
A,1950I
SMAI
NTABLEORNOTBEFORETHI
S
HON’
BLECOURT.

2.WHETHERTHEOFFENCEUNDERS-3(
1)(
r)&(
s)OFSCORST
(
PREVENTI
ONOFATROCI
TYACT,
1988)HAVEBEENCOMMI
TTED.

3.WHETHER HI
GHCOURT I
SJUSTI
FIEDTOPASSANORDERFOR
QUASHI
NGTHEFRAMI
NGOFCHARGEFRAMEDBYTRI
ALCOURTI
S
CORRECT.
 SUMMARYOFARGUMENTS

I
SSUE:1 WHETHERTHESPECI
ALLEAVEPETI
TIONU/
S-136OF
CONSTI
TUTI
ONOFI
NDI
A,1950I
SMAI
NTABLEORNOTBEFORETHI
SHON’
BLE
COURT.

I
tishumbl
ysubmi
tt
edbef
oret
hisHon’
bleCour
tthatt
heSpeci
alLeav
ePet
it
ionf
il
ed
U/
A-136oft
heconst
it
uti
onofi
ndi
a,
1950i
snotmai
ntai
nabl
east
hei
risno
“
except
ional
andspeci
alci
rcumst
ancesexi
st”or“
subst
ant
ial
andgr
avei
njust
ice”
hasbeendone..I
tisdi
scr
eti
onar
ypowerv
est
edi
ntheSupr
emeCour
tofI
ndi
aand
t
hecour
tmayi
nit
sdi
scr
eti
onr
efuset
ogr
antl
eav
etoappeal
.Theaggr
iev
edpar
ty
cannotcl
aim Speci
alLeav
eAppeal
underA-
136asar
ightbuti
tispr
ivi
l
egev
est
edi
n
t
heSupr
emeCour
tofI
ndi
atogr
antl
eav
etoappeal
ornot
.

I
SSUE:2WHETHERTHEOFFENCESUNDERS-
3(1)(
r)&(
s)OFTHESCHEDULED
CASTEANDSCHEDULETRI
BE(
PREVENTI
ONOFATROCI
TIES)ACT,
1989HAVE
BEENCOMMI
TTED.

I
tishumbl
ysubmi
tt
edbef
oret
hisHon’
bleCour
tthatt
heof
fenceU/
S-3(
1)(
r)&(
s)of
t
heSCandST(
Prev
ent
ionofat
roci
ti
es)Act,
1989hav
enotbeencommi
tt
edbyt
he
r
espondentagai
nstt
hepet
it
ionerast
heessent
ial
ingr
edi
ent
soft
hissect
ionar
enot
f
ulf
il
led.Toconst
it
utet
hisof
fence,
accusedmustknowt
hatt
hev
ict
im bel
ongt
o
SC/
STCast
e,accusedmusti
ntent
ional
l
yinsul
t,i
nti
mat
e&humi
l
iat
ehi
m/herata
pl
acewi
thi
napubl
i
cvi
ew.I
fnomemberoft
hepubl
i
chasei
therseent
hei
nci
dentor
hear
dther
emar
ks,
thenev
eni
fthepl
acei
sa‘
publ
i
cpl
ace’
orapl
ace‘
vi
sibl
eto
publ
i
c’,
itwoul
dnotat
tractt
hei
ngr
edi
ent
sU/
S-3(
1)(
r)&(
s)oft
heAct
.
I
SSUE:
3WHETHER HI
GHCOURT I
SJUSTI
FIEDTOPASSANORDERFOR
QUASHI
NGTHEFRAMI
NGOFCHARGEFRAMEDBYTRI
ALCOURT.

I
tishumbl
ysubmi
tt
edbef
oret
hisHon’
bleCour
tthatt
heor
derofHi
ghCour
tfor
qashi
ngt
hef
rami
ngofchar
gesFr
amedbyt
ri
ali
sjust
if
ied.Att
hest
ageoff
rami
ng
ofchar
ges,
judgeneedst
obeonl
yconv
incedt
hatt
her
eisapr
imef
aci
ecase,
wher
e
t
her
eisnonecessi
tyt
oadducer
easonsf
orf
rami ges1..I
ngofchar nthi
scase,
Of
fenceU/
S-3(
1)(
r)&(
s)hav
enotbeencommi
tt
edast
henecessar
yingr
edi
ent
sof
t
heof
fencehav
enotmadeoutbyt
heactoft
her
espondentagai
nstt
hepet
it
ioner

1
Omv
ati
V.Sat
e(Del
hiAdmn.
),(
2001)4SCC38
 ADVANCEDARGUMENTS

I
SSUE:1 WHETHERTHESPECI
ALLEAVEPETI
TIONU/
S-136OF
CONSTI
TUTI
ONOFI
NDI
A,1950I
SMAI
NTABLEORNOTBEFORETHI
SHON’
BLE
COURT.

I
tishumbl
ysubmi
tt
edbef
oret
hisHon’
bleCour
tthatt
heSpeci
alLeav
ePet
it
ionf
il
ed
U/
A-136oft
heconst
it
uti
onofi
ndi
a,
1950i
snotmai
ntai
nabl
east
hei
risno
“
except
ional
andspeci
alci
rcumst
ancesexi
st”or“
subst
ant
ial
andgr
avei
njust
ice”
hav
edonet
omai
ntai
nthi
sSLP.I
tisdi
scr
eti
onar
ypowerv
est
edi
ntheSupr
eme
Cour
tofI
ndi
aandt
hecour
tmayi
nit
sdi
scr
eti
onr
efuset
ogr
antl
eav
etoappeal
.The
aggr
iev
edpar
tycannotcl
aim Speci
alLeav
eAppeal
underA-
136asar
ightbuti
tis
pr
ivi
l
egev
est
edi
ntheSupr
emeCour
tofI
ndi
atogr
antl
eav
etoappeal
ornot
.

I
nTi
rpat
iBal
ajiDev
eloper
sPv
t.Lt
d.V.St
at har2
eofBi

Cour
tobser
vedt
hatA-
136i
san‘
ext
raor
dinar
yjur
isdi
cti
on’
vest
edbyt
heConst
it
uti
on
i
ntheSupr
emeCour
twi
thi
mpl
i
citt
rustandf
ait
h,&ext
raor
dinar
ycar
eandcaut
ion
hast
obeobser
vedi
ntheexer
ciseoft
hisj
uri
sdi
cti
on.A-
136doesnotconf
erar
ight
ofappeal
tot
hepar
tybutv
est
sadi
scr
eti
oni
ntheSupr
emeCour
tmeantt
obe
exer
cisedont
heconsi
der
ati
onsofj
ust
ice,
cal
lofdut
yander
adi
cat
ingi
njust
ice.

2
Ti
rpat
iBal
aji
Dev
eloper
sPv
t.Lt
d.V.St
ateofBi
har AI
R2004SC2351
I
nM.
C.Meht
aV.Uni
onofI a3andAer
ndi oTr
ader
sPr
ivat
eLi
mit
edV.Rav
iderKumar
i4,
Sur itwashel
dthatU/
A-136shoul
dbeexer
cisedwi
thcaut
ionandi
naccor
dance
wi
thl
awandsetl
egal
pri
nci
ples.Thecour
tobser
vedt
hatt
hecour
tisnotboundt
o
i
nter
fer
eev
eni
fther
eiser
rori
nlawi
nthei
mpugnedor
der
.I
tishumbl
ysubmi
tt
edt
o
t
hisHon’
bleCour
tthatt
her
ewaser
rori
nthej
udgment
oft
heal
l
ahabHi
ghCour
tin
quashi
ngt
heor
deroff
rami
ngofchar
gesmadebyt
ri
alcour
tast
her
ewasno
of
fencehasbeencommi
tt
ed.I
tisal
sosubmi
tt
edt
othi
sHon’
bleCour
tthatt
her
eis
nopr
essi
ngmat
terorquest
ionofl
aw,
forwhi
ch,
thei
nter
vent
ionoft
hisCour
twoul
d
benecessar
y,i
.e.t
her
eisnonecessi
tyt
oinv
oket
hej
uri
sdi
cti
onconf
err
edupont
his
hon’
bleCour
tU/
A-136.Ev
eni
fitmi
ghti
nvol
vequest
ionofl
awbutnot‘
Subst
ant
ial
”
quest
ionofl
aw.Thepr
esentcasedoesnoti
nvol
vesuch‘
Subst
ant
ial
’quest
ionev
en
i
fweassumet
hati
tinv
olv
esquest
ionofl
aw.
5
JamshedHor
musj
iWadi
aV.Boar
dofTr
ust
ees,
Por
tofMumbai

Thepoweri
sper
mit
tedt
obei
nvokednoti
nar
out
inef
ashi
onbuti
nver
yexcept
ional
ci
rcumst
ancesaswhenaquest
ionofl
awofgener
alpubl
i
cimpor
tancear
ises.Thi
s
ov
err
idi
ngandexcept
ional
powerhasbeenv
est
edi
ntheSupr
emeCour
ttobe
exer
cisedspar
ingl
yandonl
yinf
urt
her
anceoft
hecauseofj
ust
icei
ntheSupr
eme
Cour
tinexcept
ional
casesonl
ywhenspeci
alci
rcumst
ancesar
eshownt
oexi
st.

Kunhay
ammedV.St
ateofKer
ala6,
i
twashel
dthatcour
tmayr
ejectt
heSLPof
pet
it
ionerf
orsev
eral
reasons.
Thequest
ionr
aisedbyt
heappel
l
antf
orconsi
der
ati
on
byt
hiscour
tbei
ngnotf
itf
orconsi
der
ati
onordeser
vingbei
ngdeal
twi
tht
heApex
Cour
t,i
tishumbl
ysubmi
tt
edt
hatt
hei
risnogr
oundf
ori
nvoki
ngt
hisHon’
bleCour
t
j
uri
sdi
cti
onU/
A-136ofConst
it
uti
onofI
ndi
a,
1950.

I
nli
ghtoft
hepl
ethor
aofcasesci
ted,pr
esentSLPwi
l
lnotbemai
ntabl
east
her
e

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R2004SC4618
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imaf
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ecasei
smadeoutasessent
ial
ingr
edi
ent
sofS-
3(1)
(r)&(
s)oft
he
SCandST(
Prev
ent
ionofAt
roci
ti
es)Act
,1889wer
enotf
ulf
il
ledasof
fencei
snot
commi
tt
edwi
thi
nthepubl
i
cvi
ew.

I
SSUE:2WHETHERTHEOFFENCESUNDERS-
3(1)(
r)&(
s)OFTHESCHEDULED
CASTEANDSCHEDULETRI
BE(
PREVENTI
ONOFATROCI
TY)ACT,
1989HAVE
BEENCOMMI
TTED.

I
tishumbl
ysubmi
tt
edbef
oret
hisHon’
bleCour
tthatt
heof
fenceU/
S-3(
1)(
r)&(
s)of
t
heSCandST(
Prev
ent
ionofat
roci
ty)Act,
1989hav
enotbeencommi
tt
edbyt
he
r
espondentagai
nstt
hepet
it
ionerast
heessent
ial
ingr
edi
ent
soft
hissect
ionar
enot
f
ull
fi
ll
ed.
7
Chi
kkappa&Or
s.V.St
ateBySub-
Inspect
orofPol
ice(
2001)

Cour
thel
dthati
tmustbepr
imaf
aci
eshownt
hatt
heaccusedi
snotamemberofSC
orSTandhi
shumi
l
iat
ionbywayofi
ntent
ional
l
yinsul
tori
nti
midat
ionwasconduct
ed
i
napl
acewi
thi
npubl
i
cvi
ew.I
fessent
ial
ingr
edi
ent
sofS-
3(1)
(x)ar
enotf
ulf
il
led,
t
hent
her
eisnoanof
fenceU/
S-3(
1)(
x)oft
heActhav
ebeencommi
tt
ed.

3.Puni
shment
sforof
fencesofat
roci
ti
es.
—
1) 
( Whoev
er,
notbei
ngamemberofaSchedul
edCast
eoraSchedul
edTr
ibe,
—

sect
ion3(
1)(
r)and3(
1)(
s)r
eadasf
oll
ows:

Puni
shment
sforof
fencesat
roci
ti
es:Whoev
er,
notbei
ngamemberofaSchedul
ed
Cast
eoraSchedul
edTr
ibe,
-

….
.

(
r)i
ntent
ional
l
yinsul
tsori
nti
midat
eswi
thi
ntentt
ohumi
l
iat
eamemberofa
Schedul
edCast
eoraSchedul
edTr
ibei
nanypl
acewi
thi
npubl
i
cvi
ew;

7
2002Cr
.L.
J518
(
s)abusesanymemberofaSchedul
edCast
eoraSchedul
edTr
ibebycast
enamei
n
anypl
acewi
thi
npubl
i
cvew;
i

Essent
ial
Ingr
edi
ent
sofS-
3(r):
-

1)Ther
eshoul
dbei
ntent
ional
insul
tori
nti
midat
ionbyaper
son,
whoi
snota
memberofSCorST.

2)Thei
nsul
tmustbewi
thani
ntentt
ohumi
l
iat
ethememberofSCorST.Ast
he
i
ntentt
ohumi
l
iat
eisnecessar
y,i
tfol
l
owst
hatt
heaccusedmusthav
eknowl
edgeor
awar
enesst
hatt
hev
ict
im bel
ongst
otheSCorST.
Thi
scanbei
nfer
redev
enf
rom
l
ongassoci
ati
on.

3)Thei
nci
dentmustoccuri
nanypl
acewi
thi
nthepubl
i
cvi
ew.
Ther
ecan’
tbeany
di
sput
ethatt
heof
fencecanbecommi
tt
edatanypl
acewhet
heri
tisapr
ivat
epl
ace
ora“
pul
i
cvi
ew’
asl
ongasi
tiswi
thi
nthe“
publ
i
cvi
ew”.
Ther
equi
rementof“
publ
i
c
v
iew”canbesat
isf
iedev
eni
napr
ivat
epl
ace,
wher
ethepubl
i
cispr
esent
.

PUBLI
CVI
EW

Publ
i
cvi
ewmeanst
hepubl
i
cisabl
etowi
tnesst
heof
fencecommi
tt
edundert
his
act
.Thedi
cti
onar
ymeani
ngoft
hewor
d“publ
i
c”i
s“opent
othepeopl
easawhol
e”.
Thedi
cti
onar
ymeani
ngoft
hewor
d“v
iew”i
svi
sionorsi
ghtasf
rom apar
ti
cul
ar
posi
ti
on.
Readi
ngt
heset
womeani
ngst
oget
heri
nthecont
extoft
hewor
ds“
publ
i
c
v
iew”
,itonl
ymeanst
hatt
hepubl
i
cshoul
dhav
evi
ewedt
hei
nci
denti
rr
espect
iveof
t
hepl
acewher
etheof
fencei
scommi
tt
ed,
i
tmaybepr
ivat
epl
aceorpubl
i
cpl
ace

Y.
Vasudev
aRao&Anr
.V.St
ateofAndhr
aPr .8
adesh&Anr

Cour
thel
dthatt
hephr
ase'
i
napl
acewi
thi
nthepubl
i
cvi
ew'
maybet
akenasapl
ace
wher
eor
dinar
il
ythepubl
i
cvi
sitf
orsomepur
poseorot
hert
hanwi
thuni
nter
rupt
ed
r
egul
ari
tyt
houghnotcont
inuousl
y.Anypl
acewher
eaGov
ernmentof
fi
cei
slocat
ed,
anymar
ket
,apl
aceofpubl
i
cent
ert
ainmentandt
hel
i
ke,
wher
epeopl
ear
eexpect
ed
t
ogoandar
einv
itedi
sapl
ace'
wit
hint
hepubl
i
cvi
ew.
'Anof
fi
ceoranof
fi
cer
oom

8
2005Cr
i.
L.J3774
wher
etheheadoft
heof
fi
cesi
tsi
sal
soapl
acewi
thi
nthepubl
i
cvi
ewbutt
hepr
ivat
e
ant
echamberofsuchof
fi
cercannotbet
reat
edasapl
acewi
thi
nthepubl
i
cvi
ew
becauseexceptt
heper
sonal
ser
vant
soft
heof
fi
cer
,nobodycanent
ert
hepr
ivat
e
s.
chamber

I
nMaheshSakhar
am Pat
oleV.TheSt
ateofMahar
asht
ra9

Theexpr
essi
on“
wit
hinpubl
i
cvi
ew”wi
l
lhav
etor
eadt
omeant
hatt
heof
fenceU/
S-
3(
1)(
x)oft
heAct
,shoul
dtakepl
acei
nvi
ewoft
he“
publ
i
c”.
Ifnomember
soft
he
publ
i
chasei
therseent
hei
nci
dentorhear
dther
emar
ks,
thenev
eni
fthepl
acei
sa
“
Publ
i
cpl
ace”orapl
ace“
visi
blet
othepubl
i
c”,
itwoul
dnotat
tractt
hei
ngr
edi
ent
sof
t
heof
fenceU/
S-3(
1)(
x)oft
heAct
.

I
n Al
kaA.Mi
shr P.Shoke10
aV.J.

Cour
thel
dthatt
oconst
it
uteanof
fencei
nsul
tori
nti
midat
ionhasbeendonei
na
pl
acewi
thi
npubl
i
cvi
ew,
butwhent
het
hingshadt
ranspi
redi
nanof
fi
ceofa
company
.Ther
ewasnomat
eri
alt
oshowt
hatt
heof
fencewasv
isi
blet
opubl
i
cat
l
arge,
hencenoof
fenceU/
A–3(
1)(
x)wasmadeout
.
11
I
n Par
deepKumarV.St
ateofHar
yana&Anr
.

I
twashel
dthatt
heuseofcast
eistwor
dsaphonecal
l,awayf
rom publ
i
cvi
ew,
does
notconst
it
uteanof
fenceunderS-3(
1)(
r)&(
s)oft
heSC/
ST(
Prev
ent
ionofAt
roci
ti
es
)Act
,1989.

I
nli
ghtoft
hepl
ethor
aofcasesci
ted,
int
hepr
esentcaset
woact
swer
ewhent
he
r
espondentmaket
hecast
iestr
emar
ksagai
nstt
het
elephoni
ccal
l
,whenacl
erkwas
si
tt
ingi
nthechamberandt
hesecondi
nst
anceswast
her
espondentabusi
ngt
he
appel
l
antont
henameofhi
scast
eandsay
ing“
getl
ostf
rom myof
fi
ce,
other
wiseI
wi
l
lmakey
oucl
eant
hest
reet
s”.Att
het
ime,
t ewasno3rdper
her soni
nsi
det
he
chamber
.Fort
heshakeofConv
i he2ndi
encet nst
ancesshal
lbeexami
nedf
ir
st.I
nthe
2ndact
,thewor
dsut
ter
edwer
einnowaycast
eiestr
emar
kofabusesbecauset
he
wor
ds“
Iwi
l
lmakey
oucl
eant
hest
reet
s”wer
enotmadei
nref
erencet
othecast
eof
t
heappel
l
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atherwer
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l
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odi
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ssues

9
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minal
appeal1318of2009i
nBombayCour
t
10
2003Cr.
L.J1333
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CSRNo.1354of2019
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egar
dingcl
eanl
i
nessi
nthewar
doft
heappel
l
antwhi
cht
heappel
l
antdi
dnotat
tend.
Ther
efor
einl
i
ghtoft
hef
ail
ureoft
heappel
l
antt
oat
tendt
hemeet
ing,
the
r
espondentusedt
hewor
dsr
efer
ri
ngt
othest
ateofcl
eanl
i
nessi
nther
espondent
war
dsoutofsheerangeranddi
scont
entwi
thappel
l
antbehav
iour
.Iti
sal
so
submi
tt
edt
hatwhi
l
ethe2ndactwasei
ngcommi
tt
ed,
t rwasno3rdpar
hei tyi
nthe
r
oom .I
nthecase,
ther
ewasnopubl
i
cvi
ewast
heactwasnotwi
tnessesi
nany
f
orm byany3rdpar
tyorpubl
i
c.Ther
efor
etheof
fencehasnotbeenmadeout
.

I
nthef
ir
sti
nst
anceofTel
ephoni
ccal
l
,iti
sthecaset
hatt
her
ewasno“
publ
i
cvi
ew”
ast
heconv
ersat
ionwasmadeonaphonecal
lev
eni
fcast
eistr
emar
kwer
emade
doesnotconst
it
utepubl
i
cvi
ewandt esenceof3rdpar
heabsenceorpr tyi
smaj
or
quest
iont
hatneedst
obedeal
tupon.Themer
epr
esenceofcl
erki
nthechamberof
t
her
espondentdoesnotconst
it
utet
hepr
esenceofpubl
i
cvi
ewasi
tiscl
earaf
ter
per
usi
ngt
heabundanceofj
udgement
sav
ail
abl
eincl
udi
ngt
hecaseof
Asmat
hunni
sar
ely
inguponwhi
chi
tisv
eryev
identt
hatt
hepubl
i
cmustv
iewt
he
per
sonbei
ngi
nsul
tedf
orwhi
chhemustbepr
esent
.Int
hepr
esentcase,
the
appel
l
antwasnotpr
esenti
nthepl
acef
ort
hepubl
i
ctov
iewhi
m bei
ngi
nsul
ted.
Ther
efor
eanyr
emar
ks,
ifmadeonat
elephoni
ccal
lcan’
tbesai
dtobeconst
ruedt
o
bemadei
npubl
i
cvi
ewandt
her
efor
enoof
fencehasbeenmadeoutast
heessent
ial
i
ngr
edi
ent
soft
heof
fencehav
enotbeenf
ulf
il
ledf
ort
her
espondentt
obe
pr
osecut
ed.

I
SSUE:
3WHETHER HI
GHCOURT I
SJUSTI
FIEDTOPASSANORDERFOR
QUASHI
NGTHEFRAMI
NGOFCHARGEFRAMEDBYTRI
ALCOURT.

I
tishumbl
ysubmi
tt
edbef
oret
hisHon’
bleCour
tthatOr
derofAl
l
ahabadHi
gh
Cour
twasj
ust
if
iedascast
eistasper
sionsmadet
elephoni
cal
l
yori
ntheabsenceof
at
hir
dper
sondi
dnotconst
it
uteanof
fencewi
thi
nthemeani
ngofS-
3(1)
(r)&(
s)of
t
heAct
,becauset
heal
l
egedr
emar
kswer
enotmade“
atapl
acewi
thi
npubl
i
cvi
ew”
asr
equi
redundert
hesepr
ovi
sion.St
ateofHar
yanav
.Bhaj al12
anl

WhenHi
ghCour
tusehi
sInher
entPower:
-

 I
nexcept
ional
cases

 Absenceofanypr
ovi
sion

 I
fnopr
imaf
aci
ecasemade

S-
482.Sav
ingofi
nher
entpower
sofHi
ghCour
t:Not
hingi
nthi
sCodeshal
lbe
deemedt
oli
mitoraf
fectt
hei
nher
entpower
soft
heHi
ghCour
ttomakesuchor
der
s
asmaybenecessar
ytogi
veef
fectt
oanyor
derundert
hisCode,
ort
opr
eventabuse
oft
hepr
ocessofanyCour
torot
her
wiset
osecur
etheendsofj
ust
ice482.Sav
ingof
i
nher
entpower
sofHi
ghCour
t.Not
hingi
nthi
sCodeshal
lbedeemedt
oli
mitor
af
fectt
hei
nher
entpower
soft
heHi
ghCour
ttomakesuchor
der
sasmaybe
necessar
ytogi
veef
fectt
oanyor
derundert
hisCode,
ort
opr
eventabuseoft
he
pr
ocessofanyCour
torot
her
wiset
osecur
etheendsofj
ust
ice

S-
227.Di
schar
ge:
If,
uponconsi
der
ati
onoft
her
ecor
doft
hecaseandt
he
document
ssubmi
tt
edt
her
ewi
th,
andaf
terhear
ingt
hesubmi
ssi
onsoft
heaccused
andt
hepr
osecut
ioni
nthi
sbehal
f,t
heJudgeconsi
der
sthatt
her
eisnotsuf
fi
cient
gr
oundf
orpr
oceedi
ngagai
nstt
heaccused,
heshal
ldi
schar
get
heaccusedand
r
ecor
dhi
sreasonsf
orsodoi
ng

S-
228.Fr
ami
ngofchar
ge.
(
1) 
If
,af
tersuchconsi
der
ati
onandhear
ingasaf
oresai
d,t
heJudgei
sofopi
niont
hat
t
her
eisgr
oundf
orpr
esumi
ngt
hatt
heaccusedhascommi
tt
edanof
fencewhi
ch-

(
a) 
i
snotexcl
usi
vel
ytr
iabl
ebyt
heCour
tofSessi
on,
hemay
,fr
ameachar
geagai
nst
t
heaccusedand,
byor
der
,tr
ansf
ert
hecasef
ort
ri
alt
otheChi
efJudi
cial
Magi
str
ate,
andt
her
eupont
heChi
efJudi
cial
Magi
str
ateshal
ltr
ytheof
fencei
naccor
dancewi
th
t
hepr
ocedur
efort
het
ri
alofwar
rant
-casesi
nst
it
utedonapol
i
cer
epor
t;

(
b) 
i
sexcl
usi
vel
ytr
iabl
ebyt
heCour
t,heshal
lfr
amei
nwr
it
ingachar
geagai
nstt
he

12
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R1992SC604
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(
2) 
Wher
etheJudgef
ramesanychar
geundercl
ause(
b)ofsub-sect
ion(
1),
the
char
geshal
lber
eadandexpl
ainedt
otheaccusedandt
heaccusedshal
lbeasked
whet
herhepl
eadsgui
l
tyoft
heof
fencechar
gedorcl
aimst
obet
ri
ed.

K.
Neel
aveniV.St
ateRep.
ByI
nsp.OfPol
i s13
ce&Or

I
twashel
dthatwhenar
epor
tissubmi
tt
edt
othemagi
str
atehei
srequi
redt
obe
pr
imaf
aci
esat
isf
iedt
hatt
hef
act
sdi
scl
osedt
her
einconst
it
utean
of
fence.
.Magi
str
atei
snotboundbyt
hecocl
usi
onoft
hei
nvest
igat
ionagencyi
nthe
pol
i
cer
epor
ti.
e.i
nthechar
gesheetandi
tisopent
ohi
m af
terexer
ciseofj
udi
cial
di
scr
eti
ont
otaket
hev
iewt
hatf
act
sdi
scl
osedi
nther
epor
tdon’
tconst
it
uteany
of
fencef
ort
aki
ngcogni
zence.

I
nthepr
esentcase,
highcour
twasj
ust
if
iedt
opassanor
derunderS-
482Cr
.P.
C,
1973

Dr
.Shar
daPr
asadSi
nhaV.St
at har14
eofBi

I
twashel
dbyt
heSupr
emeCour
tthat“Now i
tisset
tl
edl
awt
hatwher
ethe
al
l
egat
ionssetouti
nthecompl
aintort
hechar
ge-sheetdonotconst
it
uteany
of
fence,
iti
scompet
entt
otheHi
ghCour
texer
cisi
ngi
tsi
nher
entj
uri
sdi
cti
onunderS-
482Cr
.P.
Ctoquasht
heor
derpassedbyt
hemagi
str
atet
aki
ngcongi
zanceoft
he
of
fence”
.

I
nthepr
esentcase,of
fencewasnotcommi
tt
edi
nanypl
acewi
thi
nthepubl
i
cvi
ew.
So,
theessent
ial
ingr
edi
ent
sar
enotsat
isf
ied.

Gor
igePent
aiahV.St
ateofAndhr adesh15
aPr

I
twashel
dbyt
hishonour
abl
ecour
tthat“
Whent
hebasi
cingr
edi
ent
soft
heof
fence
ar
emi
ssi
ngi
nthecompl
aint
,thenper
mit
ti
ngsuchacompl
aintt
ocont
inueandt
o
compel
theappel
l
antt
ofacet
her
igmar
oleoft
hecr
imi
nal
trai
lwoul
dbet
otal
l
y

13
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2008Cr.L.
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unj
ust
if
iedl
eadi
ngt
oabuseofpr
ocessofl
aw.

I
nthepr
esentcaseAl
l
ahbadHi
ghCour
tpassanor
derf
orquashi
ngt
hef
eami
ngof
char
gesi
scor
rectbecauseessent
ial
ingr
edi
ent
stoconst
it
uteanof
fencei
snot
f
ulf
il
ledasof
fencewasnotcommi
tt
ed“
wit
hint
hepubl
i
cvi
ew”
.
16
Kaml
aKantSi
nghV.Chai
rman/
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