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Criminal Appeal No. ... of 2011 (Arising out of S.L.P. (Crl.) No. 2409 of 2007). Case: Joseph Salvaraj A. Vs State of Gujarat and Ors.. Supreme Court (India)

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Case NumberCriminal Appeal No. ... of 2011 (Arising out of S.L.P. (Crl.) No. 2409 of 2007)
CounselFor Appellant: Huzefa Ahmedi, Shamik Sanjanwala and Meenakshi Arora, Advs. and For Respondents: Aparna Bhat, P. Ramesh Kumar, Jesal, Advs. for Hemantika Wahi, Advs.
JudgesDalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma, JJ.
IssueIndian Penal Code - Sections 405, 406, 415, 420, 503, 506 and 506(1); Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973 - Sections 437 and 482; Civil Procedure Code (CPC) - Order 37, Rule 2
CitationAIR 2011 SC 2258, JT 2011 (7) SC 53, 2011 (6) SCALE 731, 2011 (7) SCC 59
Judgement DateJuly 04, 2011
CourtSupreme Court (India)

Judgment:

Deepak Verma, J.

  1. Leave granted.

  2. Respondent No. 4 - complainant, Living Water Finney, lodged an FIR on 05.09.2006 at 22.15 hrs with Odhav Police Station, Ahmedabad City, complaining therein that the Appellant has committed offences under Section 406, 420 and 506(1) of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter shall be referred to as 'IPC').

  3. Respondent No. 4 was working as Administrative Officer in "Amaaru Family Education Trust" at Ahmedabad and claimed that he has been residing there, leading life peacefully. He also stated that Shri Dharmendra P. Rami @ Lal„bhai was running business of Siti Cable in Bapi Nagar area at Ahmedabad, was known to him for many years and both of them enjoyed good relations with each other.

  4. Sometime in the year 2005, complainant had gone to Hyderabad at his wife's place where he had the occasion to watch "God TV" which influenced him deeply and profoundly touching his holy spirit. He wanted to share his experience with the Christian community of Ahmedabad so that they may also be blessed through this religious channel. On his return to Ahmedabad, he approached cable operator Mr. Lalabhai, owner of Siti Cable as mentioned above and requested him to have this channel also in the bouquet of channels offered by him. He also contacted the Appellant's Company directly, requesting it to allow broadcasting of "God TV" in certain areas of Ahmedabad through Siti Cables, Ahmedabad.

  5. Eventually, with the aid and enterprise of Mr. Lalabhai, they were able to commence broadcasting of "GOD TV" in the eastern zone of Ahmedabad.

  6. Initially, Mr. Lalabhai quoted Rs. 30 lacs for persuading all the three operators to commence the telecast of "GOD TV" in their respective areas in Ahmedabad but the same was settled for Rs. 10 lacs. Thus, according to the complainant, Mr. Lalabhai (and 2 other cable operators) had agreed to broadcast, religious channel "God TV" at Ahmedabad, after the Appellant had agreed to pay a sum of Rs. 10 lacs to Mr. Lalabhai.

  7. However, it appears that there was no Agreement in writing executed and entered into between Mr. Lalabhai and the Appellant. Furthermore, there has not been any Agreement between complainant and either of the aforesaid two parties. According to him, on his own, he had acted only as a mediator.

  8. From time to time, the Complainant kept reminding the Appellant about payment of the amount of Rs. 10 lacs to Mr. Lalabhai. But according to the Complainant, the Appellant deliberately avoided his communications. In the meanwhile, the cable operators who had started telecasting "God TV" were also pressurizing the Complainant for the said amount.

  9. As mentioned hereinabove for about five months, they enjoyed watching "God TV" without any disruption but thereafter the reception signals of the said channel developed some technical snag. Thus, from October 2005, on account of poor quality of receivers, the reception was also not clear and was blurred. He once again contacted the Appellant who agreed to send receiver to the Complainant. After having received the said receiver, it was delivered to Mr. Lalabhai but as per the...

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