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7. Walking this Court through Section 69 of the Army Act it was urged that the provision clearly lays down that, any person who has committed any ―civil offence,‖ which means, an offence triable by a Criminal Court as per Section 3(ii) of the Army Act, can be tried by a Criminal Court. Relying on the decision of Som Datt Datta vs. Union of India and Others , it was contended that the said Judgment clearly lays down that when an Order is issued by the concerned Authority of the Army under Section 125 of the Army Act, then no further argument need arise on this point. The ―Minute Sheet‖ supra dated 14-01-2015 and 16-01-2015, was invoked to convince this Court that the recommendation had been duly signed by one Jiten Joshi who was the Lieutenant Colonel and Commanding Officer of the accused. A draft of the aforestated recommendation was placed before the Deputy GOC, who in turn placed it before the GOC, who, duly approved the recommendation. In order to buttress his submissions, Learned Additional Public Prosecutor elicited strength from the ratio in Som Datt Datta (supra). Reliance was also placed on Joginder Singh vs. State of Himachal Pradesh2, Major E.G. Barsay vs. The State of Bombay3 and Balbir Singh and Another vs. State AIR 1969 SC 414 (1971) 3 SCC 86 (AIR 1961 SC 1762 State of Sikkim vs. Jasbir Singh of Punjab4. That in view of the facts and circumstances, the Learned Trial Court be directed to pronounce Judgment on the merits of the case.