{"id":198447,"date":"2018-07-12T10:13:26","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T04:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=198447"},"modified":"2018-07-13T17:50:48","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T12:20:48","slug":"second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/12\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\/","title":{"rendered":"Second complaint based on discovery of new facts in the same matter is maintainable: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Supreme Court: <\/strong>M.M. Shantanagoudar, J speaking for himself and N.V. Ramana, J. allowed an appeal filed against the judgment of the Patna High Court wherein it set aside the order of Chief Judicial Magistrate taking cognizance of various offences under IPC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The appellant was the husband of one Dr Ira Sinha, who had purchased a fully automatic Biochemistry Analyser model \u201cMiura 200\u201d from Logotech (India) (P) Ltd.,of which the respondents were directors. The said analyser was not working properly; even after repeated complaints, the respondents did not pay attention. An FIR was lodged under Sections 406, 420, 384 and 386 IPC. Magistrate took cognizance of the offences. However, the order was quashed by High Court. Subsequently, again problem arose with the functioning of the analyser. The manufacturer of the machine sent a technical representative who found that the original parts of the machine were replaced with duplicate parts; he also gave a service report for the same. The respondents threatened the appellant and his wife to return the report or face dire consequences. Another FIR was lodged under Sections 420, 406, 374, 448, 307, 427 and 506 IPC, the cognizance of which was taken by the Magistrate. However, the order taking cognizance was set aside by the High Court. This judgment was impugned in the instant appeal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Supreme Court held that the High Court was at fault in quashing the order of the Magistrate. High Court was primarily influenced by the fact that the earlier order of taking cognizance was quashed in the same matter. The Court referred to its previous decision in <strong><em>Udai Shankar Awasthy<\/em> v. <em>State of U.P.<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/4ClxgX6h\">(2013) 2 SCC 435<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0 to observe that law does not prohibit filing the second complaint in the same matter if it is based on the discovery of new facts. In the instant case, new facts of replacing the original parts with duplicate had emerged, and thus the second complaint was maintainable. Also, the Court found that there was a prima facie case against the respondents. Thus, the High Court was not right in quashing the order taking cognizance. The appeal was allowed. [Om Prakash Singh v. State of Bihar,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/6h8oNI8W\">2018 SCC OnLine SC 684<\/a>, decided on 11-07-2018]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court: M.M. Shantanagoudar, J speaking for himself and N.V. Ramana, J. allowed an appeal filed against the judgment of the Patna <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":154914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[3726,30966,30967],"class_list":["post-198447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-supremecourt","tag-cognizance","tag-same-matter","tag-second-appeal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Second complaint based on discovery of new facts in the same matter is maintainable: SC | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/12\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Second complaint based on discovery of new facts in the same matter is maintainable: SC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Supreme Court: M.M. Shantanagoudar, J speaking for himself and N.V. Ramana, J. allowed an appeal filed against the judgment of the Patna\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/12\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-12T04:43:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-07-13T12:20:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/12\\\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/12\\\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bhumika Indulia\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\"},\"headline\":\"Second complaint based on discovery of new facts in the same matter is maintainable: SC\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-12T04:43:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-07-13T12:20:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/12\\\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":371,\"commentCount\":1,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/12\\\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"cognizance\",\"same matter\",\"second appeal\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Case Briefs\",\"Supreme Court\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/12\\\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/12\\\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/12\\\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\\\/\",\"name\":\"Second complaint based on discovery of new facts in the same matter is maintainable: SC | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/12\\\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/12\\\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-12T04:43:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-07-13T12:20:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/12\\\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/12\\\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/12\\\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg\",\"width\":1330,\"height\":887},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/12\\\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Second complaint based on discovery of new facts in the same matter is maintainable: SC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\",\"name\":\"Bhumika Indulia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/84c1b51748d0297cf12e5a898eccb7bd3eb5f0ab4ae8e275e2e65c4c83f84740?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/84c1b51748d0297cf12e5a898eccb7bd3eb5f0ab4ae8e275e2e65c4c83f84740?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/84c1b51748d0297cf12e5a898eccb7bd3eb5f0ab4ae8e275e2e65c4c83f84740?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bhumika Indulia\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/author\\\/editor_1\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Second complaint based on discovery of new facts in the same matter is maintainable: SC | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/12\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Second complaint based on discovery of new facts in the same matter is maintainable: SC","og_description":"Supreme Court: M.M. Shantanagoudar, J speaking for himself and N.V. Ramana, J. allowed an appeal filed against the judgment of the Patna","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/12\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2018-07-12T04:43:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-07-13T12:20:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1330,"height":887,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bhumika Indulia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bhumika Indulia","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/12\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/12\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\/"},"author":{"name":"Bhumika Indulia","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a"},"headline":"Second complaint based on discovery of new facts in the same matter is maintainable: SC","datePublished":"2018-07-12T04:43:26+00:00","dateModified":"2018-07-13T12:20:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/12\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\/"},"wordCount":371,"commentCount":1,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/12\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","keywords":["cognizance","same matter","second appeal"],"articleSection":["Case Briefs","Supreme Court"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/12\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/12\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/12\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\/","name":"Second complaint based on discovery of new facts in the same matter is maintainable: SC | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/12\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/12\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","datePublished":"2018-07-12T04:43:26+00:00","dateModified":"2018-07-13T12:20:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/12\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/12\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/12\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","width":1330,"height":887},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/12\/second-appeal-based-on-discovery-of-new-facts-in-the-same-matter-is-maintainable-sc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Second complaint based on discovery of new facts in the same matter is maintainable: SC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a","name":"Bhumika Indulia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84c1b51748d0297cf12e5a898eccb7bd3eb5f0ab4ae8e275e2e65c4c83f84740?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84c1b51748d0297cf12e5a898eccb7bd3eb5f0ab4ae8e275e2e65c4c83f84740?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84c1b51748d0297cf12e5a898eccb7bd3eb5f0ab4ae8e275e2e65c4c83f84740?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bhumika Indulia"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}