Teekam Sharma S/O Rajendra vs State Of Rajasthan on 21 July, 2026

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    Teekam Sharma S/O Rajendra vs State Of Rajasthan on 21 July, 2026

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            HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN
                        BENCH AT JAIPUR
    
            S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous (Petition) No. 2636/2021
                           URN: CRLMP / 4837U / 2021
    
    1.       Teekam Sharma S/o Rajendra, R/o Village Sarthal P.S.
             Sarthal Dist. Baran Raj.
    2.       Monu Jangid S/o Sh. Chotulal, R/o Village Sarthal P.S.
             Sarthal Dist. Baran Raj.
    3.       Anil Choudhary S/o Sh. Shivraj, R/o Village Sarthal P.S
             Sarthal Dist. Baran Raj.
                                                                         ----Petitioners
                                          Versus
    1.       State of Rajasthan, Through PP
    2.       Victim, R/o
                                                                       ----Respondents
    For Petitioner(s)           :     Mr. Sajid Khan
    For Respondent(s)           :     Mr. Narendra Singh Dhakar-PP
    
    
    
                         JUSTICE ANOOP KUMAR DHAND
    
                                           Order
    
    21/07/2026
    
    

    1. The instant misc. petition is listed before this Court in

    pursuance of the directions issued by the Hon’ble Apex Court in

    SPONSORED

    the case of Vijay Kumar and Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan

    (Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No. 773/2026, decided

    on 15.01.2026), wherein the Hon’ble Apex Court observed that in

    various matters, interim orders have been passed in criminal

    revision petitions and petitions filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., as

    a result of which trial relating to serious offences such as murder,

    rape, dacoity, dowry death, etc., could not proceed and remained

    stalled/held up due to the passage of considerable time.

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    2. Directions have been issued to this Court and other High

    Courts to take up such like matters which are pending since long,

    on priority and decide the same expeditiously without deferring

    the hearings to subsequent dates.

    3. By way of filing the instant criminal misc. petition, a prayer

    has been made to quash the impugned FIR No. 158/2020,

    registered with the Police Station Sarthal, District Baran for the

    offences punishable under Sections 366, 376, 406 and 120-B IPC.

    4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the

    prosecutrix is a major lady, and she was in relationship with the

    petitioner No.1. It is further submitted that on 26.06.2020 she

    eloped with the petitioner at her own free will and executed a

    document for performing their marriage. Counsel further submits

    that father of the prosecutrix has lodged a Missing Person Report

    No.4/2020 on 27.06.2020 with the Police Station Sarthal, Baran

    and during investigation of the aforesaid MPR, the prosecutrix “M”

    was recovered and thereafter, her statements were recorded on

    29.06.2020 wherein she has not levelled any allegations against

    the petitioner No.1 rather she has stated that she had gone to her

    relative on motor-bike with someone and returned back and

    expressed her desired to reside with her parents. Counsel submits

    that some time thereafter, the petitioner No. 1 -Teekam Sharma

    submitted an application under Section 97 Cr.P.C. before the Court

    of Sub-Divisonal Magistrate, Cheepabarod, District Baran stating

    therein that the prosecutrix is his wife and her parents have

    illegaly detained her in a room and are torturing her, therefore a

    warrant be issued for her recovery. Counsel submits that the

    aforesaid application was submitted on 11.08.2020 and in

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    pursuance of the aforesaid application, notices were issued and

    she appeared before the Court of SDM wherein she expressed her

    desire to reside with her parents. Counsel submits that in counter-

    blast to the proceedings initiated by the petitioner-Teekam

    Sharma, now after a lapse of more than two months, a complaint

    was filed by the prosecutrix under the pressure of her parents with

    false allegations that he not only abducted her but has also

    committed rape upon her and the other petitioner Nos.2 and 3

    helped the petitioner No. 1 in doing so. Counsel submits that the

    allegations levelled against the petitioner are after thoughts as no

    such allegations were levelled by the prosecutrix at the first

    instance when her statements were recorded on 29.06.2020

    during the MPR proceedings. Hence, interference of this Court is

    warranted.

    5. Per contra, learned Public Prosecutor opposed the

    arguments raised by counsel for the petitioners and submitted

    that after investigation, a prima facie case found to be proved

    against all the petitioners. Hence, interference of this Court is not

    warranted and the instant petition is liable to be rejected.

    6. Heard and considered the submissions made at Bar and

    perused the material available on record.

    7. Perusal of the impugned FIR indicates that for the alleged

    incident of rape committed upon the prosecutrix on 26.06.2020, a

    criminal complaint was filed by her before the Court of Additional

    Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chipabarod, Baran on 03.09.2020 and

    the same was sent for further investigation under Section 156(3)

    Cr.P.C. to the Police Station Sarthal, Baran where upon the

    impugned FIR No. 158/2020 was registered for the offences

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    punishable under Sections 366, 376, 406 and 120-B IPC. In the

    aforesaid complaint, it has been alleged that the petitioner No. 1

    arrived on the spot and with the aid of the petitioner Nos. 2 and 3,

    he abducted her and thereafter, he committed rape upon her.

    8. It is worthy to note here that the alleged incident has

    occurred on 26.06.2020 and immediately, on the next day of the

    aforesaid incident, MPR No. 4/2020 was registered at the instance

    of the father of the prosecutrix with the same police station i.e.

    Sarthal, District Baran. During the course of investigation of the

    aforesaid MPR, the prosecutrix was recovered and produced before

    the Court of SDM wherein her statements were recorded on

    29.06.2020 and the same are reproduced as under:-

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    tkap ,eihvkj ua0 04@20 iqfyl Fkkuk lkjFky ftyk ckjka fnukad 29-06-2020
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    Hkkà gS ftldk uke jksfgr gSA vHkh eSa ,e-,- çFke o”kZ esa vè;;ujr gw¡A eSa esjs
    eEeh ikik ds lkFk gh jgrh gwA eSa vHkh vkxs vkSj i<kà djuk pkgrh gw
    ysfdu esjs ikik esjh vkxs i<kà u djkà tk djds esjh ‘kknh dj nsuk pkgrs
    gS ysfdu esa vHkh vkSj i<kà djuk pkgrh gw esjs euk djus ds ckctwn Hkh esjs
    firkth esjh ‘kknh djuk pkgrs gS blh ckr ls xqLlk gksdj fnukad 26-06-2020
    dh jkf= le; djhc 1-30 ,,e ij tc lHkh ?kj okys lks jgs Fks rks eS ekSdk
    ikdj fcuk crk;s ?kj ls vdsyh pyh xà tgk¡ lkjFky cl LVS.M ij eq>s ,d
    eksVjlkÃfdy okyk feyk ftldk uke irk eSa ugh tkurh mlus eq>s vdysjk
    NksM fn;k fQj lqcg vdysjk ls dksVk tkus okyh cl ls eSa esjs cMs ikik
    HkS#Çlg tks dksVk esa jgrs gSa muds ikl pyh xà muds ;gk¡ ij vDlj vkrh
    tkrh jgrh gw ml fnu Hkh eSa esjs cMs ikik HkS#Çlg ds ;gk¡ ij pyh xÃA ?kj
    ls es esjs iguus ds diMs o dqN iSls fdjk;s HkkMk ds fy;s ysdj xà FkhA

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    vkt fnukad 29-06-2020 dks lqcg 4 cts ds vkl ikl eq>s iqfyl us esjs cMs
    ikik ds ;gk¡ ij ryk’k fd;k tgk¡ mUgs ekStwn feyh ftUgksus us eq>s crk;k fd
    rqEgkjh rks xqe’kqnxh dh fjiksVZ ntZ gS rc esa iqfyl okys o esjs ifjtuks ds
    lkFk Fkkuk ij vkÃA eS esjh LosPNk ls gh ?kj ls fcuk crk;s xbZ FkhA**

    9. It is also worthy to mention here that when the prosecutrix

    was recovered by the police, immediately after the incident, she

    has categorically stated in her first version that her parents

    wanted to get her married forcibly and she wanted to study,

    hence, in the rage of anger, she herself in the night at about

    12:30 P.M. left her home alone and gone to the bus stand, where

    she met one person with whom she travelled to Aklera from where

    the police has recovered her and produced her before the Court of

    SDM, where her statements were recorded, wherein she

    expressed her desire to reside with her parents.

    10. It is the case of the petitioner No. 1 that both the prosecutrix

    and the petitioner had solemnized their marriage.

    11. Be that as it may, the petitioner No. 1 submitted an

    application under Section 97 Cr.P.C. for issuing a search warrant to

    recover the prosecutrix, as he was under the impression that she

    has been illegally detained by her parents against her wishes and

    accordingly, a search warrant was issued by the Court of SDM,

    Chhipabarod, Baran in whose compliance she was produced before

    the Court wherein thereafter, she had expressed her desire to

    reside with her parents and now, after a lapse of more than two

    months, a complaint has been lodged by the prosecutrix against

    the petitioners with the allegation of her abduction and

    committing rape upon her and no plausible explanation has been

    given by the prosecutrx in this complaint and that is why she has

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    not narrated the true story when the MPR was registered and

    when her first version of statements were recorded on

    29.06.2020. Such act and conduct on the part of the prosecutrix

    create doubt on the truthfulness of the allegations levelled by her

    against the petitioner, as no FIR was registered till 03.09.2020.

    12. In this connection, it is relevant to refer to the judgment

    passed by the Hon’ble Apex Court in Batlanki Keshav (Kesava)

    Kumar Anurag v. State of Telangana and another while

    deciding Criminal Appeal No.2879/2025 vide order dated

    29.05.2025, wherein the facts of the case are that the appellant

    met the respondent through a matrimonial website while residing

    abroad, and they mutually agreed to marry. Upon returning to

    India, appellant allegedly engaged in sexual relations with the

    respondent, who later on accused him of obtaining consent

    deceitfully under a false promise of marriage. Multiple FIRs were

    lodged initially under Sections 417 and 420 IPC, followed by a

    second FIR under Section 376(2)(n) IPC and Section 3(2)(v) of

    the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The appellant challenged

    the second FIR before the High Court of Kerala, seeking quashing

    thereof under Section 482 Cr.P.C., which was later on declined,

    leading to filing of the appeal before the Hon’ble Apex Court. The

    question that arose for consideration was whether continuation of

    prosecution based on inherently contradictory and belated

    allegations of sexual exploitation, under a false promise of

    marriage constituted gross abuse of legal process.

    13. After appreciating the facts and circumstances of the case,

    while allowing the aforesaid appeal, the Hon’ble Apex Court held

    that upon consideration of the allegations, as set out in the FIR

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    and the charge-sheet placed on record by the accused-appellant,

    there was no prima facie material whatsoever available on record

    to substantiate the allegations of cheating or sexual intercourse

    under a false promise of marriage against the accused appellant.

    The Hon’ble Apex Court observed that the allegations levelled in

    the FIR No.751/2021 dated 29.06.2021 and the impugned FIR

    challenged before the Hon’ble Apex Court bearing No.103/2022

    were at great variance and the inherent contradictions in the two

    reports over the same subject matter could not be reconciled.

    Under such circumstances, the Hon’ble Apex Court was of the firm

    opinion that allowing prosecution of the accused appellant to

    continue in the proceedings arising out of the impugned FIR

    No.103/2022 would be nothing sort of a travesty of justice in

    addition to being a gross abuse of process of law. The Hon’ble

    Apex Court held that the impugned FIR No. 103/2022 is nothing

    but a bundle of lies full of fabricated and malicious

    unsubstantiated allegations levelled by the complainant. According

    to the Hon’ble Apex Court the facts on record clearly established

    vindictive and manipulative tendencies of the complainant and

    these aspects were found to have a great bearing on the

    controversy.

    14. The Hon’ble Apex Court further held that non-disclosure of

    the allegations in the earlier FIR by the de facto complainant is

    fatal and disclosing the same after several months in a subsequent

    FIR, is nothing but a sheer exaggeration and the same must be

    discarded. It has been held in para 29 as follows:

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    “29. It is also relevant to mention here that in FIR
    No. 751 of 2021, the de-facto complainant has not
    even made a whisper about the accused appellant
    dumping her on the ground of her caste. Thus,
    apparently this allegation which has been set out in
    the subsequent FIR No. 103 of 2022 lodged almost
    after seven months is nothing but a sheer
    exaggeration which must be discarded.

    15. Following the ratio considered in the aforesaid, indisputably

    non-disclosure of a serious offence within a reasonable time or at

    the relevant time when an earlier crime was registered against the

    same accused at the instance of the same de facto complainant,

    would show falsity of the allegations, making the procedure as an

    abuse of law.

    16. Having found that the allegations are not trustworthy for the

    reasons already extracted above it could not be held that prima

    facie offences alleged by the prosecution are established,

    warranting any trial. On the contrary, the entire proceedings are

    abuse of the process of the Court.

    17. In the present matter, when the MPR was registered and

    thereafter when the statements of prosecutrix were taken on

    record, there were no allegations levelled against the petitioners

    and it was only after the lapse of more than two months, the

    impugned FIR was registered against the petitioners. Hence, the

    instant case falls within the parameters, as defined by the Hon’ble

    Apex Court in the case of State of Haryana and Ors. Vs.

    Bhajan Lal and Ors reported in 1992 Supp (1) SCC 335, which

    reads as under:-

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    “(1) Where the allegations made in the first information
    report or the complaint, even if they are taken at their
    face value and accepted in their entirety do not prima
    facie constitute any offence or make out a case against
    the accused.

    (2) Where the allegations in the first information report
    and other materials, if any, accompanying the F.I.R. do
    not disclose a cognizable offence, justifying an investi-

    gation by police officers under Section 156(1) of the
    Code except under an order of a Magistrate within the
    purview of Section 155(2) of the Code.

    (3) where the uncontroverted allegations made in the
    FIR or complaint and the evidence collected in support
    of the same do not disclose the commission of any
    offence and make out a case against the accused.
    (4) Where the allegations in the FIR do not constitute a
    cognizable offence but constitute only a non-cognizable
    offence, no investigation is permitted by a police officer
    without an order of a Magistrate as contemplated under
    Section 155(2) of the Code;

    (5) where the allegations made in the FIR or complaint
    are so absurd and inherently improbable on the basis of
    which no prudent person can ever reach a just
    conclusion that there is sufficient ground for proceeding
    against the accused.

    (6) where there is an express legal bar engrafted in any
    of the provisions of the Code or the concerned Act
    (under which a criminal proceeding is instituted) to the
    institution and continuance of the proceedings and/or
    where there is a specific provision in the Code or the
    concerned Act, providing efficacious redress for the
    grievance of the aggrieved party.

    (7) where a criminal proceeding is manifestly attended
    with mala fide and/or where the proceeding is
    maliciously instituted with an ulterior motive for
    wreaking vengeance on the accused and with a view to
    spite him due to private and personal grudge.”

    18. The case of the petitioners falls within the

    parameters/principles, as laid down by the Hon’ble Apex Court,

    and the instant criminal proceedings have been maliciously

    initiated against the petitioners with mala fide intention and

    ulterior motive.

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    19. Having considered the entirety of the facts and

    circumstances available on the record, this Court is of the opinion

    that the impugned FIR No.158/2020 is nothing but a bundle of lies

    full of fabricated and malicious allegations and under the changed

    circumstances, when the petitioners were not found guilty in the

    impugned FIR No.158/2020 by the Investigating Officer, it would

    be absurd to allow the prosecution of the petitioner to continue by

    considering the aforesaid. These facts on record clearly establish

    the vindictive and manipulative tendency of the complainant and

    these aspects have a great bearing on the controversy involved

    therein.

    20. Hence, under such circumstances, the instant criminal misc.

    petition deserves to be allowed and the same is hereby allowed.

    The impugned FIR No. 158/2020, registered at the Police Station

    Sarthal, District Baran, for the offences punishable under Sections

    366, 376, 406 and 120-B stands quashed and set-aside. As a

    result thereof, the entire proceedings arising out of the same also

    stand quashed.

    21. The stay application and all pending applications, if any,

    stand disposed of.

    (ANOOP KUMAR DHAND),J

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