NISAR AHMED Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS revision petition has been filed against the order of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Churu, dated 12-1-1988, whereby the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate has dismissed the application of the accused-petitioner for the amendment of the charge.

(2.) IT is one of those unfortunate cases where 14 persons were deputed to deliver their Passports and Rs. 5,000/- each for being sent to the Middle East Countries, in the year 1978, a complaint about which was filed on 6-12-1978 and after investigation, a challan in the case was filed in July, 1979 and still the case is not making any head-way, on account of miscellaneous proceedings that are filed by the accused, one after the other. The charge in the case was framed in the year 1982 and with great difficulty the Magistrate could examine two witnesses and thereafter on 25-11-1987 an application for amendment of the charge was filed, i. e. , almost after 5 years and 8 months of the framing of the charge. IT would be worth-while to note that the two witnesses were examined as early as in the year 1984 on 24-4-1984 and this application has been filed almost after 3-1/2 years of the examination of these two witnesses.

(3.) I, therefore, find no force in this revision and it is hereby dismissed at the admission stage. .