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Revision petition allowed as no material against the petitioner accused

Revision petition allowed as no material against the petitioner accused

Petitioner, a chit fund company, induced the respondent to invest with the petitioner. Despite requests for release of matured chit amount, it was not released and respondent filed a complaint u/s 200 & 156 (3) Cr. P. C. before the Ld. Magistrate, and an FIR was registered. Petitioner filed a revision before the Special Judge who held that there was no material to proceed against petitioner and allowed the revision petition. -500080

1. Petitioner is a chit fund company and is operated by its Directors - Sh. Prem Kumar Arya and Sh.Sukhdata Chits Pvt Ltd. v. Hemant Goel Pradeep Arya. Respondent was induced to invest his hard earned money with the petitioner company. Respondent invested his hard earned money vide Chit. Respondent paid full installments for the chit no. Chit which matured in January 2010 but the petitioner­accused neither auctioned the chit on date fixed nor intimated the date regarding auction in future. Despite requests for release of matured amount of chit, the same was not released even after lapse of five ­six months and the petitioner promised to pay interest on the matured chit amount which was to be adjusted in another chit. However, nothing was released towards these chits. Respondent filed a complaint dated 8.8.2012 in the concerned Police Station but no action was taken.

2. It is further the case of the respondent that Rs.5000/­ was paid in September, 2012 and, thereafter, Rs.30,000/­ was released in six installments of Rs.5000/­ from November, 2012 to June, 2013, thereby leaving balance of Rs.3,15,000/­. The respondent was also threatened of dire consequences.

3. On these allegations, a complaint under Section 200 Cr. P. C. along with an application u/s 156 (3) Cr. P. C. was made before the Ld. MM. As per status report, from the averments of the complaint no offence is Sukhdata Chits Pvt Ltd. v. Hemant Goel made out.

4. I am of the opinion that there is no clear material on record to proceed against the petitioner u/s 156 (3) Cr.PC for registration of the FIR. Thus, the direction u/s 156 (3) Cr.PC is not warranted in the present case.

5. In these circumstances and for the above said reasons, the present revision petition is allowed. The impugned order passed by the trial court is set aside. The application u/s 156 (3) Cr.PC filed on behalf of the respondent is dismissed. Trial Court record be sent back with a copy of order and revision file be consigned to record room.