TMI Blog1991 (5) TMI 218X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... .B. Bansal, J. By this order, I shall dispose of Criminal Revisions Nos. 129 to 132, 134 to 140 and 142 to 155 of 1990, since a common question arises in these cases, namely, whether the impugned order dated February 12, 1990 of an Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi, directing the stay of the proceedings pending before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Delhi, under section 630 of the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ement, he did not hand over possession of the quarters to the company and, in this way, he is stated to have committed an offence under section 630 of the Companies Act, besides other offences under the Indian Penal Code. After recording preliminary evidence, the ex-employee, Ram Dayal, was summoned as an accused by the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, vide order dated November 29, 1989. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rned counsel for the petitioner that in similar petitions filed by the petitioner against the ex-employees of the company, an order similar to the impugned order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge was challenged and that the revision petitions were accepted with a direction that the pleas taken up by the ex-employees would be gone into by the trial court. He has referred to the judgment in Cr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tion in accordance with law. It is, thus, not disputed that the Criminal proceedings cannot be stayed merely on account of the pendency of the civil litigation between the parties. In, these circumstances, the revision petitions are allowed and the impugned order dated February 12, 1990, passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi, stands set aside. The trial court shall now proceed further i ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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