JABALPUR, India, June 13 -- Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 12:

Heard on I.A. 21671/2023 an application for condonation of delay

The appeal is time barred by 31 days.

On due consideration, I.A. is allowed and the delay of 31 days in filing the appeal is hereby condoned.

Heard on I.A. No.20739/2023, an application seeking grant of leave to appeal under Section 378(III) Cr.P.C. against the judgment and order of acquittal dated 26.04.2023 passed in S.T. No.521/2019 (State of M.P. vs. Anil Janvjal and another) by the learned Fifth Additional Sessions Judge, Bhopal (M.P.), whereby the respondent (hereinafter referred to as 't he accused') has been acquitted of the offence under Section 392 of IPC.

2. The prosecution case in brief is that on receiving information on 19-05- 2018, Inspector Upendra Singh Bhati posted at MP Nagar police station reached HQ No. 93/45 Tulsi Nagar to verify the information where complainant Arvind Sheele got a Dehati Nalishi Ex.P-1 registered to the effect that he is an editor of Swadesh newspaper. On the night of 16- 17/05/2018 at around 03:00 am, he left for home from his office in his car No. MP-04-CB-1540, when two boys on a black motorcycle came from the left side of the car on the main road in front of Makhanlal Chaturvedi Journalism University. They knocked on the mirror and signalled him to stop. When he got off, they asked him how he was driving, saying he had hit the car. Meanwhile, a fat boy asked him to pay compensation. He said nothing had happened to his car. Then the fat boy put his hands in his pant pockets and pinned him to his car. He took 1100 rupees from his right pocket, a handkerchief from his left pocket, and his mobile phone from his shirt pocket. He immediately snatched his mobile phone back and pushed him, causing the boy to fall. The other boy, a tall, thin boy, began threatening him with a knife. He immediately started his car and drove home to find the two boys chasing him, all the way to the garage in front of his house. As soon as he called out to his son to get off, they ran off to the right of the intersection. He then called Dial 100 and went to Betul for work. He is now reporting, saying he will identify the two boys when they appear. He is presenting a hand-drawn sketch of both boys. After the complainant got the said rural complaint registered, on returning to the police station, FIR No. 305/2018 under Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code was registered against two unknown boys and the case was taken into investigation.

*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (http://mphc.gov.in/storage/upload/jabalpur/MPHCJB/2023/CRA/11053/CRA_11053_2023_FinalOrder_12-05-2026_digi.pdf)

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