• Conviction under section 120B read with 409 and 420

On 22 dec 17, Accused convicted by additional session judge and Spl judge CBI Dhanbad, for 3 years and fine. Accused was 1 of the 2 partners of firm. He signed cheq to collect a demand draft from UBI, Bokaro. As per investigation report by CBI and Bank internal investigation, The draft was paid to a Payee of Draft, against personal Liability of the Firm's Guarantor. The recipient company of the draft amount has nothing to do with Accused’s firm. 
Bank preferred Certificate case under Bengal and Bihar public demand recovery act, as per mandate given by firm Partner and Guarantor. Also bank filed Criminal case against Accused Partner-only and guarantor.
Calcutta High court decree permanent injunction against Bank for recovery from accused under B&O public demand recovery act or any other recovery proceeding in year 1994. Based on this, Certificate proceeding against accused was dropped at DRT but Criminal case at Dhanbad continued till its judgement on [deleted]
Kindly guide, if Court was in error to order against accused in light of Calcutta High Court decree and awarding sentence. What are the remedies available to drop Charges and Judgement award. Can I file Criminal case at Calcutta High Court . I have permanent residence at Calcutta.
Asked 8 years ago in Criminal Law
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1. When convection has been granted then preferring an appeal and applying for stay on sentence remains the top most priority under the present circumstances.

2.SInce the proceeding in DRT is quasi civil in nature and summary in procedure its outcome may not determine the fall out of the appeal to be preferred agaisnt.

3.Howeevr the decree of permanent injunction is likely to be of help to the appeal case as order of civil court is binding on criminal court.

4. So no new case in Calcutta will help tide over the situation in present circumstances.rather the appeal can resolve the contextual anomaly and will help immensely the appeal to set aside the conviction.

If the relevant papers are shared with me then further advice can be given.

Devajyoti Barman
Advocate, Kolkata
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1) it is necessary to peruse order passed by additional sessions court convicting accused to advice

2) proceedings before DRT are for recovery of money

3) criminal case Is for punishment for commission of offence

4) accused can appeal against conviction order in HC if prosecution has failed to prove case beyond reasonable doubt

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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Hello,

Definitely you can file a crimjnal appeal in the HC, as the court has passed an erroneous judgement based on wrong reasons.

Contact a local lawyer and file a complaint at the Calcutta High Court.

Regards

Anilesh Tewari
Advocate, New Delhi
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1. Please clarify how "Based on this, Certificate proceeding against accused was dropped at DRT" since certificate case is filed before Civil court and not before the DRT where SARFAESI Application is filed by the Borrower and Original Application (O.A.) is filed by the lending Bank. Was it an Original Application filed by the Bank as per Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institution Act, 1993 which you are referring as certificate case?

2. Calcutta High Court has granted permanent injunction against Bank for recovery from accused under B&O public demand recovery act or any other recovery proceeding and not on any criminal proceeding.

3. On the face of it, it appears that the Court is not in awarding order against the accused in the criminal case which has not been affected by the order of the Calcutta High court.

4. However, immediately appeal against the said order before the Patna High Court also filing an application for bail till the appeal is disposed of.

Krishna Kishore Ganguly
Advocate, Kolkata
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1. If conviction has been made then file an appeal and seek the suspension of the sentence imposed.

2. The DRT proceedings operate in a separate and distinct sphere which do not have a direct bearing on the appeal. The judgment of the civil court is binding on the criminal court.

3. However, the decree of permanent injunction passed by the Calcutta High Court did not prevent a criminal prosecution. Irrespective of the permanent injunction granted by the HC the criminal court could still decide whether the offence has been committed or not.

4. Perusal of case papers is required to form an opinion. So consult a lawyer with the complete case papers.

Ashish Davessar
Advocate, Jaipur
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Can`t under stand, show case documents.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
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The Calcutta high court has granted permanent injunction against recovery only and not for the criminal complaint against the accused,

Therefore that judgment is not binding on this criminal complaint against the accused.

The criminal complaint is against the cheating and other related criminal offences.

The accused can prefer an appeal before the appellate court against the grievances due to the judgment.

What is the criminal complaint and against whom do you plan to file in Calcutta?

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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