1991 (1) TMI 463

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.... of 1988 is filed by the petitioners praying to quash the proceedings initiated by the Presiding Officer, Special Court for Economic Offences, Bangalore, in C.C. No. 300 of 1988. 2. Criminal Petition No. 1563 of 1988 is filed by the petitioners praying to quash the proceedings initiated by the Presiding Officer, Special Court for Economic Offences, Bangalore, in C.C No. 1022 of 1988. 3. I have h....

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.... Register the case and issue summons to the accused by 7 July 1988/(C.C. No. 1022 of 1988)/14 March 1988 (C.C. No. 300 of 1988)." 6. This order is passed in a printed proforma wherein only the date of the order is mentioned in column 2 and the date for the return of the summons is mentioned and the learned Presiding Officer has put his initials. Section 204 of the Criminal Procedure Code lay....

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.... proforma does not satisfy the requirements of Section 204 of the Criminal Procedure Code and such an order deserves to be set aside. The very fact that printed proforma is used in these cases goes to show that the learned Presiding Officer has passed the orders without taking the trouble of looking into the records and forming an opinion as to whether there is sufficient ground for proceeding. If....