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Gujrat HC Prosecute Wife For Comitting Perjury
Gujrat HC Prosecute Wife For Comitting Perjury
R/SCR.A/7666/2016
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Appearance:
MR K S CHANDRANI, ADVOCATE for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MR RONAK RAVAL, ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent(s)
No. 1
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1. Leavetoamendtojointhehusbandasrespondent
No.2ispermitted.Tobecarriedoutforthwith.
2. Attheoutset,itistobementionedthatinthis
petition, challenge is made to the order dated
6.9.2016 passed by the learned Judge, Family
Court below Exh.88 in Criminal Miscellaneous
ApplicationNo.346of2013,attemptsweremadeby
the Court to see that the parties can reach to
any kind of settlement. However, as the same
couldnotbeworkedout,boththesideshavebeen
heard extensively. The petitioner is the wife,
whoismarriedtorespondentNo.2.
3. ThepetitionerismarriedtorespondentNo.2on
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20.11.2008andasonisbegottenoutofthesaid
wedlock on 21.12.2010. It is the say of the
petitionerthatafterthebirthoftheson,the
husband got shifted at Jetpur and started
residinginarentedpremise.Hehadonceagain
startedresidingwithjointfamilyatRajkot.The
petitionerurgedthatshewasdesertedinAugust,
2012andthereaftershemadeanapplicationunder
section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code by
preferring Criminal Miscellaneous Application
No.346of2013forherselfandherson.
4. ThetrialCourt,onanapplicationExh.88under
sections 195 and 340 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure preferred by respondent No.2 on
13.5.2016, recorded the evidence on both the
sidesanddirectedtheRegistrarofFamilyCourt
tofileanapplicationbeforethePradyumanNagar
policestationundersections191,192and193of
theIndianPenalCode.
5. Afterstayingthesaidorderforaperiodof30
days,thedissatisfiedwifeisbeforethisCourt
withvariousavermentsandfollowingreliefs:
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(10)
The petitioner on the aforesaid
premises,praysbeforeYourLordshipsthat:
(A) Your Lordships may kindly be pleased to
quash and set aside the Order impugned
Dt.6/09/2016 passed by the learned Judge
Family Court, Rajkot below Ex88 in
Cri.M.A.No.346of2013.
(B) Pending admission, hearing and final
disposal of present application, Your
Lordships may kindly be pleased to stay the
implementation, execution and compliance of
theOrderDt.6/09/2016passedbythelearned
Judge Family Court, Rajkot below Exh88 in
Cri.M.A.No.346of2013.
(C) Your Lordships may kindly be pleased to
passsuchotherandfurtherreliefasmaybe
deemed just and proper in favour of the
petitioners,intheinterestofjustice.
6. Learned advocate Chandrani appearing for the
petitioner has urged that even if there is any
perjury, the petitioner need not be prosecuted.
He has urged that Court below was in error in
appreciating the evidence, specifically the
incometaxreturntoconcludethatthepetitioner
had suppressed her true income. It is not the
caseofthepetitionerthatshewasservingand
was drawing the salary. Her income tax returns
have been managed by her father and it is not
unusualforfamilymemberstohavetheincometax
returns from the business of family. It is
further his say that the lady is a graduate.
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Admittedly,thisorderhasarisenonaccount
oftheaffidavitgivenbythepetitioner,wherein
she declared herself a housewife having no
source of income. However, she has admitted in
hercrossexaminationthatshehasobtainedRs.4
lakhs from her previous husband at the time of
takingdivorcefromhim.
11.
bemoved,theCourthadquestionedastowhether
theapplicanthadproducedfalseevidenceonoath
andvideorderdated23.5.2016directedthatthe
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samewouldbedecidedatthetimeofdecidingthe
mainapplication.
13.
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StateofMaharashtrareportedin2002(1)SCC253
was considering section 340 of the Code of
CriminalProceduretoholdthatthehubofthis
provision is formation of an opinion by the
court(before which proceedings were to be held)
thatitisexpedientintheinterestofjustice
that an inquiry should be made into an offence
whichappearstohavebeencommitted.Inorderto
formsuchopiniontheCourtisempoweredtohold
apreliminaryinquiry.Itisnotperemptorythat
such preliminary inquiry should be held. Even
without such preliminary inquiry the Court can
formsuchanopinionwhenitappearstotheCourt
thatanoffencehasbeencommittedinrelationto
a proceeding in that Court. It is important to
notice that even when the Court forms such an
opinion, it is not mandatory that the court
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ApexCourtinthecaseofIqbalSinghMarwahand
another vs. Meenakshi Marwah and another
reported in (2005) 4 SCC 370, it has been
emphasized that even when there is a case of
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forgerynoticedbytheCourtandtheCourtforms
the opinion that unless it is expedient in the
interest of justice to prosecute a person, the
Courtisnottodoitinareferredmanner.The
expediencywillnormallybejudgedbytheCourt
byweighingnotthemagnitudeofinjurysuffered
bythepersonaffectedbytheoffence,buthaving
regard to the effect or impact of that offence
upon administration of justice. The Court also
heldthatbarundersection195(1)(b)(ii)thatno
Courtshalltakecognizanceofanysuchoffence
except on the complaint in writing of such
matter. It also held that the bar would be
attracted only when the offences enumerated in
section 195(1)(b)(ii) have been committed with
respecttoadocument,afterithasbeenproduced
or given in evidence in a proceeding in any
Court.Ifsaidoffenceiscommittedorgiven in
evidenceinCourt,nocomplaintbyCourtwouldbe
necessary and a private complaint would be
maintainable.
17.
Theonlyaspectthatneedstobeconsidered
bythisCourtisastowhetheritisexpedientin
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distressedwifewhenaresoughttobemisusedby
declaringcompletelyincorrectfactsandalsoby
suppressingthematerialaspect,thetrialCourt
at the time of considering the case found that
theimpactontheadministrationofjusticewould
make it expedient for it to direct the
prosecution.
20.
directions.
(MS SONIA GOKANI, J.)
SUDHIR
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