1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 60 OF 2014 1. Smt. Sundarabai Govind Dhuri,76 years of age,widow of Govind Keshav Dhuri,Resident of H.No.1!"#,#$to %orda, &orvorim,'arde( Goa.). Shri &radi* Govind Dhuri,+, years of age,Son of $ate Govind Dhuri,Resident of H.No.1!"#,#$to %orda, &orvorim,'arde( Goa,. Shri Suni$ Govind Dhuri,- years of age,Son of $ate Govind Dhuri,Resident of H.No..G"),.**er Ground, Darious Residen/y,'ehind Sea 'ree(e Hote$,0aran(a$em Goa.1 &etitioners V e r s u s1. %he 2nvestigation 3ffi/er,Shri 4i5ay6umar S. 0hodan6ar,&.S.2. &an5im &o$i/e Station,&an5im Goa.). 7r. Kashinath Shetye,7a5or of age,Son of 8airam Shetye,Resident of 'abino 'ui$ding,#$to 9ondvem,Ribandar Goa.,. State %hrough &ub$i/ &rose/utor1 Res*ondents 27r. #. D. 'hobe, #dvo/ate for the *etitioners.7r. D. :awande, #dditiona$ &ub$i/ &rose/utor for res*ondent nos.1 and ,. 7r. 0. #. 9erreira, #dvo/ate for res*ondent no.). Coram:- F. M. REI !". L. 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Wa'a*)$ %3%he *resent *etition is fi$ed by the *etitioners;origina$a//used nos. 1 to , under the *rovisions of Se/tion -) of the0rimina$ &ro/edure 0ode and *rayed to +.1).)>>! a$$eging that on >).1).)>>!the res*ondent no.)a$ong with his two friends name$y #dvo/ate Ryan 7ene(es and#dvo/ate &ravin 9a$dessai went to have tea at %#%3 restaurant at&an5im and the bi$$ was around Rs.,+;". %herefore, theres*ondent no.) *aid /ash of Rs.>;" /onsisting of four /urren/ynoteof Rs.1>;"ea/h. #ftersometime, thewaiterreturneda*a*er saying that it was Rs.+;" note to whi/h the res*ondent no.)sho/6ed. 3n the basis of said /ontention, the res*ondent no.)3$odged a /om*$aint with &an5im &o$i/e Station and re;D. %he $earned 7agistrate a$$owed thesaid a**$i/ation and gave dire/tion to the /on/erned &o$i/e 3ffi/erto register the 92R within ) hours and fi$e his re*ort within 1+days.. &ursuant to the dire/tions, the res*ondent no.1registeredthe92RbearingNo. 1,);)>1>andhasfi$edafina$re*ort under Se/tion 17, of 0rimina$ &ro/edure 0ode. %hea$$eged offen/e /ommitted by the *etitioners;a//used is stated tobe*unishab$eunder Se/tions -!"Aand)>of 2ndian&ena$0ode. 'eing aggrieved with the registration of the /rime and fi$ingof the /harge sheet the *etitioners;a//used *ersons have fi$ed the*resent *etition. 4+. Be have heard 7r. #. D. 'hobe, $earned /ounse$a**earing for the *etitioners, 7r. D. :awande, $earned #dditiona$&ub$i/ &rose/utor a**earing for res*ondent nos. 1 and ,, and 7r.0. #. 9erreira, $earned /ounse$ a**earing for res*ondent no.). Behave a$so *erused the re/ord.3n *erusa$ of the same, it a**earsthat the main grievan/e of the res*ondent no.) is that he *aid anamount of Rs.>;" /onsistingof four /urren/ynoteof Rs.1>;"ea/h against the bi$$ of tea to the eCtent of Rs.,+;".So instead ofrefundof Rs.+;", thewaiterfromthehote$ hadgivena*a*erhaving stam* of Rs.+;", by whi/h the res*ondent no.) sho/6edand therefore, $odged a /om*$aint with the /on/erned *o$i/estation. During the /ourse of the investigation, the statementsof #dvo/ate Ryan 7ene(es and #dvo/ate &ravin &ha$dessai, arere/orded by the 2nvestigating 3ffi/er, who have a$so stated thatthe /om*$ainant Kashinath Shetye, res*ondent no.) to$d the saidwaiter that he did not want the /ou*on and want Rs.+;" ba/6..*on whi/h the said waiter to$d him that the said /ou*on is on$yRs.+;" andthereafter therewas hot dis/ussiononthis issue.%hereafter, these two #dvo/ates had gone outside the restaurantand after some time the res*ondent no.) 7r. Kashinath Shetye/ame out of the hote$ and to$d themthat the said hote$ staff hasrefused to give him a /ash of Rs.+;" and had insisted him that heshou$d ta6e the /ou*on. 56. %he CeroC /o*y of the /ou*on is *$a/ed on re/ord at*age 77 of the *etition from whi/h it is seen that it is a b$an6*a*er onwhi/hthenameof thehote$ name$y0afe%#%3is*rinted and be$owthat words &ana5i;7argao and be$owthatRs.+;" is *rinted. #//ording to res*ondent no.), this is a/ounterfeit /urren/ynotegivenbythestaff of thehote$ andtherefore, the a//used *ersons have /ommitted offen/e*unishab$e under Se/tions -!"A and )> of 2ndian &ena$ 0ode.%he *rovisions of Se/tion -!"A of 2ndian &ena$ 0ode read thus =D4.4E. Ma56*(or &,6*('o1&m)*+,r),)m786*(1&rr)*19-*o+), or 7a*5-*o+),.E?1@Bhoever ma6es, or /auses to be made, or usesfor any *ur*ose whatsoever, or de$ivers to any*erson, any do/ument *ur*orting to be, or in any wayresemb$ing, or so near$y resemb$ing as to be/a$/u$ated to de/eive, any /urren/y"note or ban6"notesha$$ be *unished with fine whi/h may eCtend to onehundred ru*ees.?)@2f any *erson, whose name a**ears on ado/ument thema6ingof whi/hisanoffen/eundersub"se/tion?1@, refuses, without $awfu$ eC/use, todis/$ose to a *o$i/e"offi/er on being so re of 2ndian &ena$ 0ode and nowhere in the re/ord it isseen that there are a$$egations against the a//used *ersons aboutthe dishonest indu/ement to de$iver su/h *ro*erty. :oo6ing totheabovesu/h/ir/umstan/es, weareof theo*inionthat theingredients of the a$$eged offen/e are not estab$ished even *rimafa/ie.1). #t the most, it /an be said that the waiter or staff ofthe hote$ ado*ted im*ro*er *ra/ti/e to refund the amount.9urther, it is materia$ to note that there is no eviden/e;materia$on re/ord to show that the a//used *ersons have *re*ared the so/a$$ed/ou*onandthey were*resent at the hote$ when the10a$$eged offen/e too6 *$a/e. 9rom the re/ord, it is seen that thea//used *ersons are doing their business in *artnershi* and evenassuming that the /ou*on is a /ounterfeit va$uab$e se/urity, sti$$there is no further eviden/e on re/ord to show that the a//used*ersons have *re*ared and gave it to the /om*$ainant;res*ondentno.). 1,. 7r. 9erreira, $earned /ounse$ a**earing for res*ondentno.) has re$ied u*on unre*orted 5udgment of the #*eC 0ourt inCr6m6*a8 A;;)a8 No. 116. o: 2014 in the /ase of MosiruddinM&*,/6