TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2003 (8) TMI 570
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....ut briefly, as under: 3. Complaint for the offence punishable under Section 22A of the Minimum Wages Act was filed against the petitioner in 2000. The offence carries a sentence of fine to the maximum limit of Rs. 500/- and therefore is a `summons' case. Vide order dated 23.10.2000 the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, while taking cognizance summoned the accused through bailable warrants for a sum of Rs. 5000/- . Said order reads as under:- "23.10.2000 Present: Sh. O.P. Arya, complainant Accused by summoned with Bailable warrant in the sum of Rs. 5,000/- with one surety through SHO concerned. dusty for 3.8.01." 4. Section 204 Cr.P.C provides the procedure for issuing processes for procuring attendance of the accu....
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....ns for causing appearance of the accused. As is apparent even in warrants case appearance of the accused can be ordinarily procured through summons though the Magistrate has the discretion to issue a warrant. Word `shall' projects the mandatory nature of the provision so far as process in a summons case whereas work `may' in relation to a warrant case shows the discretionary power of the Magistrate. 6. Section 87 of Cr.P.C vests the discretion in the court which is empowered to issue the summons for appearance of any person to issue warrant of his arrest but in that case as the provision would show certain conditions are necessary to exist. Section 87 provides as under: "87. Issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to....
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....pparent the initial order of summoning dated 23.10.2000 was against the mandatory provisions of Section 204 Cr.P.C. Subsequent orders passed by Metropolitan Magistrate particularly orders dated 3.8.2001 and 19.9.2002 do not spell out the reasons for issuing non-bailable warrants of arrest and process under Section 82/83 of Cr.P.C. Orders read as under:- "3.8.2001 Present: Inspector for MW. Accused Absent. He is deliberately avoiding service of B/W. Issue NBW against him through SHO/HC Sarita Vihar for 18.10.01. 19.9.2002 Present: Sh. Om Prakash and Pankaj Sharma for MW Accused absent. ....
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....e affixed to some conspicuous part of the house or homestead in which such person ordinarily resides or to some conspicuous place of such town or village; (c) a copy thereof shall be affixed to some conspicuous part of the Court-house; (ii) the Court may also, if it thinks fit, direct a copy of the proclamation to be published in a daily newspaper circulating in the place in which such person ordinarily resides. (3) A statement in writing by the Court issuing the proclamation to the effect that the proclamation was duly published on a specified day, in the manner specified in clause (i) of sub-section (2), shall be conclusive evidence that the requirements of this section have been complied with, and that the proc....
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....ehalf; or (d) by all or any two of such methods, as the Court thinks fit. (4) If the property ordered to be attached is immovable, the attachment under this section shall, in the case of land paying revenue to the State Government, be made through the Collector of the district in which the land is situate, and in all other cases- (a) by taking possession; or (b) by the appointment of a receiver; or (c) by an order in writing prohibiting the payment of rent on delivery of property to the proclaimed person or to any one on his behalf; or (d) by all or any two of such methods, as the Court thinks fit. (5) If the property ordered to be attached consists of live-stock or is of a peri....
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....elation to whom the proclamation is to be issued is about to dispose of whole or any part of the property or secondly that he is about to remove whole or part of the property from the local jurisdiction of the court. Thus the orders passed by learned MM in this regard suffer from gross illegality and inherent infirmity. 15. Every criminal court is a creature of Criminal Procedure Code. It is neither above it nor can it rise about it. It has to remain within its precincts and cannot afford to traverse beyond it. Any order passed beyond the provisions and in violation of mandatory provisions empowering the court to issue warrant of arrest or proclamation under Section 82 or attachment of property under Section 83 have to be reasoned one an....