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Number 87011 made in U.S.A. and (ii) .22 Bore Rifle No.2118, for
which, he did not have a valid arms license on the date of the
alleged incident. On the basis of the said complaint, an FIR was
registered against the petitioner for allegedly committing offence
under Section 3 read with Section 25 and Section 27 of the Arms
Act, 1959. Charge-sheet was filed on 10.10.2000 and the charges
were framed on 27.01.2001. The petitioner is also arraigned as an
accused in Criminal Case No.66/2011 (Old Case No.352/2000),
which was registered as a complaint case by the Forest
Department on 17.06.2000 for the offences under Sections 2(16),
9/51, 9/52 of the Wild Life Protection Act. In the said case, the
learned court below took cognizance against the petitioner and
five other co-accused for offences under Section 51 of the Wild
Life Protection Act, under Section 148 of the Indian Penal Code
and under Section 27 of the Arms Act. The charges were also
framed against the petitioner for the said offences in that case.
However, the petitioner already stands discharged for the offence
under Section 27 of the Arms Act and the trial of the case for
remaining offences is still pending and is at the stage of evidence.
An application under Section 311 of the Cr.P.C. was moved
by the prosecution on 14.08.2006 and another application under
Section 91, 173(8) read with Section 242 of the Cr.P.C. was filed
on 30.08.2006. Reply to these applications were filed by the
petitioner on 05.09.2006 and 18.09.2006 respectively. Before the
said applications could be decided, the record of the trial court
was called by the High Court in S.B. Criminal Revision Petition
counsel
that
four
applications
moved by
the
prosecution in the year 2006 are still pending and the same have
to be decided before the judgment could be pronounced in the
matter. Reply to all the applications were filed in the year 2006
itself and thereafter, the prosecution never brought up the
applications. After 9 years, on 03.03.2015, the trial court allowed
two out of the four applications: (i) under Sections 91 & 173(8)
read with Section 242 of the Cr.P.C. and (ii) under Section 311 of
the
Cr.P.C.,
thereby granting
another opportunity to
the
the
pending
applications
dated
14.08.2006
and
30.08.2006.
It is further submitted by the learned counsel for the State
that the argument of the learned counsel for the petitioner with
respect to the similar application moved by the petitioner under
Section 311 of the Cr.P.C. having been rejected by the Magistrate
was no more relevant as the said order of the Magistrate stood
merged with the order of the High Court dated 28.01.2015 partly
allowing S.B. Criminal Misc. Petition No.131/2015, vide which, the
petitioner was allowed to exhibit the document.
The parties were heard at length.
The preliminary objection with respect to the maintainability
of petition under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. has been raised by the
learned counsel for the respondent although not taken in the reply.
However, the question of maintainability of the petition under
Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. on account of the order being revisable
SCC
370,
too,
the
Apex
Court
observed
that
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Forest Department.
Although, there is some merit in the argument of learned
counsel for the petitioner that even though the applications were
moved in the year 2006, the witnesses are being sought to be
produced only now after the closure of the defence evidence
leading to the disclosure of the defence of the accused and thus,
granting opportunity to the prosecution to fill up the lacuna as held
by this Court in the case of Deepak Gopalia Vs. State of
Rajasthan & Ors. (supra), it would not entirely correct to state that
the applications have been filed at a belated stage after the
arguments
were
heard
and
the
matter
was
kept
for
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