In Arun Shankar Shukla v. State of U.P. [(1999) 6 SCC 146: 1999
SCC (Cri) 1076] the High Court had entertained a petition under
Section 482 CrPC after an order of conviction had been passed
by the Sessions Judge and before the sentence had been
awarded and further proceedings in the case had been stayed. In
appeal, this Court set aside the order of the High Court after
reiterating the principle that it is well settled that inherent
power is not to be invoked in respect of any matter covered by
specific provisions of the Code or if its exercise would infringe
any specific provision of the Code. It was further observed that
the High Court overlooked the procedural law which
empowered the convicted accused to prefer a statutory appeal
against conviction of the offence and intervened at an uncalled
for stage and soft-pedalled the course of justice at a very crucial
stage of the trial. The order of the High Court was accordingly
set aside on the ground that a petition under Section 482 CrPC
could not have been entertained as the accused had an
alternative remedy of an appeal as provided in the Code. It is not
necessary to burden this judgment with other decisions of this
Court, as the consistent view throughout has been that a petition
under Section 482 CrPC cannot be entertained if there is any other
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specific provision in the Code of Criminal Procedure for redress of
the grievance of the aggrieved party.
In Arun Shankar Shukla v. State of U.P. [(1999) 6 SCC 146: 1999
SCC (Cri) 1076] the High Court had entertained a petition under
Section 482 CrPC after an order of conviction had been passed
by the Sessions Judge and before the sentence had been
awarded and further proceedings in the case had been stayed. In
appeal, this Court set aside the order of the High Court after
reiterating the principle that it is well settled that inherent
power is not to be invoked in respect of any matter covered by
specific provisions of the Code or if its exercise would infringe
any specific provision of the Code. It was further observed that
the High Court overlooked the procedural law which
empowered the convicted accused to prefer a statutory appeal
against conviction of the offence and intervened at an uncalled
for stage and soft-pedalled the course of justice at a very crucial
stage of the trial. The order of the High Court was accordingly
set aside on the ground that a petition under Section 482 CrPC
could not have been entertained as the accused had an
alternative remedy of an appeal as provided in the Code. It is not
necessary to burden this judgment with other decisions of this Court
as the consistent view throughout has been that a petition under
Section 482 CrPC cannot be entertained if there is any other specific
provision in the Code of Criminal Procedure for redress of the
grievance of the aggrieved party.
15. The judgment in Arun Rana (supra) will not help the
petitioner because the Coordinate Bench of this Court found
reasonable cause was assigned by the petitioner in the cited case. In
the present case, the petitioner has not established any reasonable
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cause for non-appearance. Further, the copies of the order-sheets
have not been filed to demonstrate any error in the procedure adopted
.