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6. It is further mentioned in the application that so far as the offence under section 294 IPC is concerned, abusing or defamatory words are not necessarily obscene and are not punishable under section 294 (b) of IPC. So far as the offence under section 506 of IPC is concerned, an empty threat with no intention is not suffice to constitute an offence. No offence under section 452 of IPC is made out because it is not the case of the complainant that the applicant had entered inside the house. It has also been specifically mentioned that after coming out of the house, the applicant had pelted stones. The applicant is an educated person with no criminal record. It is also mentioned in the application that it is to be seen by the Court that whether the uncontroverted allegations made in the FIR, prima facie make out an offence or not and whether it is expedient and in the interest of justice to permit a prosecution to continue. It is claimed that there is no evidence to indicate that the applicant was in any manner involved in the offence. It is the duty of the Court to separate chaff from the husk and to dredge the truth from the pandemonium of statements of prosecution witnesses and the case at hand is a fit case wherein there are material contradictions, embellishments and loopholes in the FIR as well as in the statement of complainant/respondent no.2 recorded under section 161 of CrPC.

6. An empty threat would not make out an offence under section 506 of IPC.

7. No offence under section 294 IPC would be made out because the abusive or defamatory words are not necessarily obscene and are not punishable under section 294 (b) of IPC.

8. The applicant has given multiple applications to the Investigating Officer, but without considering the same the charge-sheet was filed.

9. Even prior to the incident, the applicant had given multiple applications to the police authorities expressing his apprehension that he may be falsely implicated, however, no heed was paid.

34. Accordingly, the contention that the allegations made in the FIR are false, is hereby rejected.

Whether the allegations made in the FIR made out an offence under sections 452, 506 and 294 IPC.

35. Counsel for the applicant was right in claiming in the application itself that this Court can quash the proceedings only if uncontroverted allegations do not make out a cognizable offence.

36. So far as the contention of the applicant that an empty threat to life given by an accused would not be an offence under section 506 IPC is concerned, it is suffice to mention here that it is necessarily a disputed question of fact, which can be adjudicated and decided by the trial court only after recording the evidence of the parties. Whether the applicant had intention to execute a threat or not, cannot be adjudicated by this Court while exercising power under section 482 Cr.P.C.