Rajesh Rangarajan vs M/S Crop Care Fed.Of India & Anr

RAJESH RANGARAJAN ... APPELLANT(S)

VERSUS

M/S.CROP CARE FED. OF INDIA & ANR. ... RESPONDENT(S)

O R D E R

Heard learned counsel for the parties.

Leave granted.

This appeal is directed against the judgment and order

dated 13.12.2007 passed by the High Court of Judicature of Andhra

Pradesh in Criminal Petition No.,4155 of 2006. Mr.Raj Panjwani,

learned senior counsel appearing for the appellant has drawn our

attention to Annexure P-1, which is the Report of the Fact Finding

Committee which deals with Farmers Death Due to Exposure to

Pesticides in Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh.

We have carefully perused the Report. The relevant page

of the report, which is at Page 40 of the paper book, clearly

indicate that the Fact Finding Committee was not aimed at doing

health study or in-depth scientific investigation, but to do an

indicative study which would lead to a larger health study. The

general tenor of the report indicates that the report meant to focus

the harmful effects of exposure to pesticides. It is quite evident

from the report that it was not meant to harm, hurt or defame any

individual or the manufacturing company. Mr.Panjwani, learned 2

senior counsel appearing for the appellant also fairly submitted

that the report was not intended to harm or defame any individual or

manufacturers of pesticides. In our considered opinion, the

complaint filed under Sections 120(B), 34, 500, 501 & 502 of the

Indian Penal Code lack basic ingredients. According to our view, no

useful purpose would be served in permitting the trial Court to

proceed with the complaint which lacks the basic ingredients of

aforementioned Sections. Consequently, we quash the complaint.

Since the complaint itself has been quashed, therefore,

the appeal is allowed and the impugned judgment is set aside.

...................J. (DALVEER BHANDARI)

...................J. (DEEPAK VERMA)

NEW DELHI;

20TH JULY, 2010