Gujarat high court issues notice police over summons in civil dispute case
The case centres on a payment dispute over a land deal between two former business partners. The complainant had accused the other party and associates of cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy, and intimidation. However, similar complaints earlier filed by him in 2023–24 had been shut down by the same police station on the grounds that the matter was civil in nature and needed to be pursued in civil court.
Despite that, a fresh summons was issued on July 6 by the Khatodara police.
The recipient responded, but also filed a complaint in the HC through advocate Shakeel Qureshi, challenging the police's involvement and the issuance of the notice.
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The petition pointed out the contradictory approach of the police: closing the complaints in 2023-24 by stating it was a civil dispute, and then suddenly reopening it as a criminal case. In response, the state govt's lawyer submitted that after Khatodara PI gave his opinion regarding the civil nature of the dispute in May 2024, the complainant approached CID (Crime), Gandhinagar, "and thereafter, as per the instructions of the higher officers, the matter was remanded back to the concerned police station for investigation and that is how the aforesaid summons came to be issued to the petitioner".
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After hearing this, Justice Nirzar Desai stayed the police summons and stated, "From a perusal of the material on record, prima facie, it seems that the nature of the dispute between the parties is of civil nature and hence, issue Notice, returnable on Aug 25."
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