RAVI KUMAR Vs. SARDUL SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS application for special leave to appeal is directed against the judgment dated April 22, 1991, passed by the Munsif and Judicial Magistrate, Sri Ganganagar, by which the learned Magistrate acquitted the accused-respondents Sardul Singh, A. S. I. and Raghubeer Singh, F. C.

(2.) COMPLAINANT Ravi Kumar filed a complaint in the Court of Munsif and Judicial Magistrate, Sri Ganganagar against the accused Sardul Singh and Raghubeer Singh for the offences under Sections 323 and 504 I. P. C. It was averred in the complaint that the complainant, on June 6, 1982, lodged a report at Police Station, Kotwali, Sri Ganganagar, against Jagmohan Kumar under Section 107/151 Cr. P. C. In that complaint, Sardul Singh, A. S. I. demanded a sum of Rs. 500/, as bribe, to which the appellant refused to pay. On June 7, 1982, at about 10. 00 a. m. Sardul Singh called the complainant to make certain inquiry at the Police Station and when the complainant, alongwith his father, reached at the Police Station, Sardul Singh asked him either to pay Rs. 500/- or a case will be registered against him. As the complainant refused to pay Rs. 5c0/-as bribe to Sardul Singh, therefore, Raghuteer Singh, Foot Constable, was called, who gave heatings to him by his belt, while Sardul Singh, A. S. I. beat him by a stick. They, also, abused him and his father. On the basis of this complaint, cognizance under Section 323 I. P. C. was taken against accused Sardul Singh and Raghubeer Singh by the learned Magistrate and they were tried. The complainant, in support of his case, examined FW 1 Ravi Kumar (the complainant himself), FW 2 Somnath and FW 3 Rajendra. The learned Magistrate, after trial, by his judgment dated April 22, 1991, acquitted the accused and it is against this judgment dated April 22, 1991, passed by the learned Munsif and Judicial Magistrate, Sri Ganganagar, acquitting the accused that the present application for special leave to appeal has been filed by the petitioner-complainant.