{"id":365623,"date":"2025-11-03T15:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T09:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=365623"},"modified":"2025-11-04T17:04:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:34:02","slug":"summons-cannot-issued-against-a-post-criminal-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/03\/summons-cannot-issued-against-a-post-criminal-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Summons cannot be issued against &#8216;a post&#8217; in criminal cases, as it is not a juridical person: Jharkhand High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Disclaimer:<\/span> <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">This has been reported after the availability of the order of the Court and not on media reports so as to give an accurate report to our readers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Jharkhand High Court:<\/span> In the present case, a petition was filed under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804270\" target=\"_blank\">528<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804327\" target=\"_blank\">Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023<\/a> (&#8216;BNSS&#8217;) to quash the order passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate whereunder a case was made against one person and the Plant Head of the petitioner-Company for offence under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001554113\" target=\"_blank\">24<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001554115\" target=\"_blank\">26<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002760184\" target=\"_blank\">Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">A Single Judge Bench of Anil Kumar Choudhary, J., held that it is a settled principle of law that summons in a criminal case to face trial could not be issued against post, as it was not a juridical person and thus, continuation of the criminal proceeding against the post of &#8216;Plant Head&#8217; would amount to abuse of process of law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court pointed that it is a settled principle of law that summons in a criminal case to face trial could not be issued against positions or post as a post was not a juridical person. Considering the petitioner-Company&#8217;s contention that there was no post of &#8216;Plant Head&#8217;, the Court stated that even if it was to be assumed that there was a post named &#8216;Plant Head&#8217; of the petitioner-Company, the said post was not a juridical person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court held that continuation of the criminal proceeding against the Plant Head of the petitioner-Company would amount to abuse of process of law and thus, quashed and set aside the said order so far as the Plant Head of the petitioner-Company was concerned. Consequently, the present petition was allowed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">Tata Pigment Ltd. v. State of Jharkhand, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/f4vL26C3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 SCC OnLine Jhar 3553<\/a>, decided on 10-9-2025<\/span>]<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the Petitioner:<\/span> Parth S.A. Swaroop Pati, Advocate and Akshay Kumar, Advocate<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the Opposite Party:<\/span> Abhay Kr. Tiwari, Addl. 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