Allahabad High Court
BABA @ BABURAMversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 7 OTHERS
- Decided
- Disposal
- Dismissed on merits
- Bench
- ACHAL SACHDEV
Holding
The application under Section 528 BNSS is dismissed; the revisional order is not an abuse of process and stands.
Summary
The complainant, Baba @ Baburam, filed an application under Section 528 of the BNSS seeking to quash the order dated 11 September 2025 passed by the Special Judge (SC/ST Act) which set aside a trial court summoning order and remanded the matter for fresh hearing. The trial court had earlier summoned the accused based on statements recorded under Sections 200 and 202 of the Cr.P.C. The accused filed a revision, and the revisional court held the summoning order erroneous, directing a fresh order by the trial court. The applicant approached the High Court directly, arguing that the revisional order was an abuse of process. The High Court observed that the matter was still sub‑judice before the trial court, the applicant had a remedy to re‑argue there, and no error or abuse of process was shown by the revisional court. Consequently, the application under Section 528 BNSS was dismissed with a cost of Rs.10,000.
Issues considered
- Whether the order of the Special Judge (SC/ST Act) dated 11 September 2025 can be quashed under Section 528 of the BNSS.
- Whether the applicant’s approach to the High Court constitutes an abuse of process when a remedy exists before the trial court.
Legislation cited
- BNSS — s. 528
- Cr.P.C. — s. 156(3), 200, 202
- Indian Penal Code — s. 323, 504, 506
Subjects
- quash order
- Section 528 BNSS
- revisional court
- abuse of process
- criminal procedure
- summoning order
- remand
- SC/ST Act
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 42495 of 2025
Baba @ Baburam
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 7 Others
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Shaili Ganguly
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Mohd. Irfan
Court No. - 81
HON'BLE ACHAL SACHDEV, J.
1. Learned counsel for opposite party nos.2 to 8 and learned AGA for the
State are present.
2. None appeared to press this application on behalf of the applicant, today
in the Court, even in the revised call.
3. This application u/s 528 BNSS has been preferred by the applicant with
prayer to quash the order dated 11.09.2025 passed by the learned Special
Judge(SC/ST Act), Rampur, in Criminal Revision No.56 of 2025(Bharat
Singh & Others Vs. State of U.P. & Another), under sections 323, 504, 506,
IPC, Police Station Bhot, District Rampur, whereby the revision moved by
the opposite party nos.2 to 8 against the summoning order dated 27.10.2023,
passed by learned Civil Judge(Junior Division)/FTC, Rampur, in Complaint
Case No.139 of 2022(Baba @ Baburam Vs. Dinesh and Others) was allowed
and set-aside the summoning order dated 27.10.2023 and remanded the
matter to the trial court to decide the matter afresh in the light of the
observation made by the revisional court, in its impugned order dated
11.09.2025.
4. Learned counsel for the opposite party nos.2 to 8 submitted that the
applicant in the present application is the complainant of Complaint Case
No.139 of 2022(Baba @ Baburam Vs. Dinesh and Others), under sections
323, 504, 506, IPC, Police Station Bhot, District Rampur. The present
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application has been moved before this Court by the applicant/complainant
after being aggrieved by order dated 11.09.2025 passed by the learned
Special Judge (SC/ST Act), Rampur, in Criminal Revision No.56 of
2025(Bharat Singh & Others Vs. State of U.P. & Another), under sections
323, 504, 506, IPC, Police Station Bhot, District Rampur, by which the
learned revisional court allowed the revision filed by the opposite party no.2
to 8 against the summoning order dated 27.10.2023, passed by learned Civil
Judge(Junior Division)/FTC, Rampur, in Complaint Case No.139 of
2022(Baba @ Baburam Vs. Dinesh and Others) and set-aside the
summoning order dated 27.10.2023 and remanded the matter to the trial
court to decide the matter afresh in the light of the observation made by the
revisional court in its impugned order dated 11.09.2025, hence present
application is maintainable.
5. Perusal of record shows that, an application under section 156(3) Cr.P.C.
was filed by the applicant/complainant before the court of learned Judicial
Magistrate, Rampur on 17.06.2022, which was subsequently registered as
Complaint Case No.139 of 2022(Baba @ Baburam Vs. Dinesh and Others).
Thereafter, as per the direction of the trial court, statements of the
applicant/complainant as well as the witnesses were recorded under sections
200 and 202 Cr.P.C., respectively and on the basis of the said statements
learned trial court summoned the opposite party no.2 to 7 vide order dated
27.10.2023 as an accused to face trial, on the ground that there is
prosecutable evidence against the said accused persons.
6. Being aggrieved with the order dated 27.10.2023 passed by the trial court,
the opposite party nos.2 to 8 preferred the revision before the revisional
court i.e. learned Special Judge(SC/ST) Act, Rampur, which was registered
as Criminal Revision No.56 of 2025(Bharat Singh & Others Vs. State of
U.P. & Another), under sections 323, 504, 506, IPC, Police Station Bhot,
District Rampur, and the same was allowed by the learned revisional court
and the matter was remanded to the trial court concerned to decide the
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matter afresh in the light of the observation made by the revisional court in
its impugned order dated 11.09.2025.
7. Learned AGA for the State as well as learned counsel for the opposite
party nos.2 to 8 have opposed the prayer made in the present application and
submitted that the learned revisional court has rightly passed the impugned
order dated 11.09.2025 by setting-aside the order dated 27.10.2023 passed
by the trial court, on the ground that the material available on record shows
that that the order dated 27.10.2023 of trial was erroneous and incorrect and
thereby required the interference of the revisional court and remanded the
matter to the trial court with the direction to pass a fresh order in view of the
opinion expressed by the revisional court in its order dated 11.09.2025.
Hence, no interference is required by this Court also and the application is
liable to be dismissed.
8. Heard Mohd. Irfan, learned counsel for opposite party nos.2 to 8, Sri
Jhamman Ram, learned AGA for the State and perused the material brought
on record.
9. The relevant portion of the impugned order dated 11.09.2025, which is
under challenge is being reproduced herein below:-
"विद्वान अवर न्यायालय को निदेशित किया जाता है कि इस निर्णय में व्यक्त किये गये मत के
आलोक में, पुन सुनकर तथा पत्रावली पर उपलब्ध साक्ष्य के सम्यक परिशीलन के उपरान्त, नवीन
आदेश पारित करना सुनिश्चित करें।"
10. Perusal of the aforesaid direction that has been made by the learned
revisional court in its order dated 11.09.2025, it is quite apparent that the
learned revisional court has remanded the matter to the trial court after
setting aside the summoning order dated 27.10.2023 passed by the learned
trial court, by which the opposite party nos.2 to 8, in the present application,
have been summoned to face trial, as an accused. The applicant in the
present case, who is also the complainant before the trial court had every
opportunity to argue the matter before the trial court, as the matter has been
remanded to the trial court, however, instead of availing the opportunity to
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re-argue the matter before the trial court, as directed vide impugned order
dated 11.09.2025, the applicant/complainant has approached this Court,
seeking interference by this Court, under section 528 BNSS, with a prayer to
set-aside the order dated 11.09.2025, passed by the learned Special Judge
(SC/ST Act), Rampur, in Criminal Revision No.56 of 2025(Bharat Singh &
Others Vs. State of U.P. & Another), under sections 323, 504, 506, IPC,
Police Station Bhot, District Rampur. The order dated 11.09.2025 itself
shows that the matter has sub-judice before the learned trial court and no
final order has been passed by the learned revisional court. Despite the fact,
that the matter has been remanded to the learned trial court with direction for
re-hearing the matter afresh, the applicant/complainant did not approach the
trial court, in compliance of the order of revisional court rather directly
approached this Court, seeking direction to set-aside the order of remand
passed by the revisional court, he himself committed an abuse of process of
law disregarding the remedy that has already been provided to the applicant.
11. In the aforesaid circumstances, the impugned order does not constitute
the abuse of the process of the court. The order of the revisional court is
followed by the procedural aspects as incorporated in the Cr.P.C./BNSS and
there is no apparent evidence, which shows that the revisional court has
committed any error or abuse of the process of the court, therefore, the
interference of this Court in the present case is unwarranted and thus the
present application is liable to be dismissed with an exemplary cost of
Rs.10,000/-.
12. Accordingly, the present application U/s 528 Cr.P.C. moved by the
applicant is hereby dismissed, with the cost of Rs.10,000/-
April 23, 2026
VKG
(Achal Sachdev,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
VIJAY KUMAR GUPTA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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