...1 filed Election Petition No. 1 of 2009 to challenge the election of the appellant on the ground of corrupt practice of booth-capturing. This 20-Tali (ST) Assembly Constituency consists of two...) Assembly Constituency be called, and the appellant be directed to show cause as to why those votes cast by booth-capturing in 8 polling stations in favour of the appellant should not be declared as...booth-capturing or criminal intimidation at all. EVMs and voters' counterfoils were duly verified at the Receiving Centre, and there was no need to call for any of these documents, nor was there any...

...election of 9, Sambhal Parliamentary Constituency, though the polling was 90% and above up to 250% as stated above, coupled with the booth-capturing, arson and violence in large scale and the same having...Act, 1951, if the votes obtained by the returned candidate, namely, Respondent 1 by corrupt practice of booth-capturing and other corrupt practice are excluded, the petitioner would have obtained...booth-capturing made in the various paragraphs of the election petition therein stated, including para 83, and the schedules, including Schedule 14.5. On 17-4-1998 the...

...election and has been a Member of the dissolved Lok Sabha having also held the office of a Minister in the Cabinet, it was alleged that large-scale booth capturing had taken place in the Lok Sabha election...at Kannur, Allappuzha and Kasaragod Constituencies. Similar allegations of booth capturing were made as to the polling stations throughout the State. At such polling stations, the polling agents of...Election Commissioner. Under Section 135-A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 booth capturing is an offence.6. OP No. 24516 of 1999 was filed by Respondent 1...

...short ‘the Act’. One of the grounds alleged is corrupt practices stated in paragraphs IV(6) to (12) that the appellant had indulged in booth-capturing and rigging of booths in Polling Booth Nos. 5, 6, 7...allegations the plea of capturing the booth and rigging at the poll is a serious offence punishable under Section 135-A of the Act, impinging upon the efficacy of democratic process of fair election...with effect from March 15, 1989 under Amendment Act 1 of 1989, prescribes booth-capturing to be an offence and the person committing it shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which...

...Singh. While the polling was in progress on 23-6-2000, there were said to be some scuffles which resulted in the obstruction of polling process thrice, by so-called booth-jamming/booth-capturing resulting...is thus an allegation of booth-capturing as also that of a refusal to permit the voters to vote. The first information report lodged recorded offence under Section 302 IPC along with other charges and...informant came to the booth in order to cast his vote, there was stated to be definite obstruction and resultantly a hue and cry and thus alleged scuffles were had and on hearing the cries of the...

...capturing by himself and through his agents within the meaning of Section 123(8) read with Section 135-A of the Act. The details of the allegations with regard to various booth capturing are...indulged or committed any of the corrupt practices of booth capturing either by himself or through his agents. He also denied the allegations with regard to the election expenses exceeding the...sufficient and reliable evidence on record to establish the allegations of booth capturing by Respondent 1 himself and through his agents and, therefore, the negative findings recorded by the High Court are...

...ground of corrupt practice of booth capturing. This 20 Tali (ST) Assembly Constituency consists of two circles viz. (i) Tali, and (ii) Pipsorang. Each of the circles was having 10 polling stations. It...stations were guarded by the police personnel who carried arms and ammunition. There was no booth capturing or criminal intimidation at all. EVMs and voters' counterfoils were duly verified at the...Station along with the EVMs were kidnapped on 12-10-2009 by PPA workers?(iii) Whether booth capturing was committed at 2 Ruhi and 5 Guchi Polling Stations on 13-10...

...of the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (for short the Act of 1994) and that can be done only when there had been booth capturing at one polling station affecting the result of the...mention of rigging at Kotanka village and he did not even suggest for repolling. No case of booth capturing was reported at any particular polling station or more polling stations than one affecting the...are affected either in one polling station or more polling stations than one. In case it is established that booth capturing has taken place in a polling station or in large number of polling stations...

...the Returning Officer had declared the respondent as elected. The election of the respondent has been challenged both on the ground of corrupt practice of booth capturing and undue influence....3. It has been asserted in the election petition in paragraphs Nos. 14, 15, 16 and onwards as to how the election was being vitiated by booth capturing and undue influence.4...apprehension of booth capturing at the instance of RJD candidate, the sole respondent, in large scale and, as such, requested the authorities concerned to take adequate security for conducting free and fair...

...to be noted that almost as a sequel to the aforesaid incident, there were allegations of booth-capturing and poll violence. Because the incidents were closely linked, a common trial was held, where the...conclude that the intention was not to commit murder, but to create some disturbance at the polling station in order to divert attention of the crowd collected, so that the booth-capturing would be...bodies. In a democracy, the path to power cannot be allowed to have dead bodies littered over it. It cannot be a case of capturing power (beginning with booth-capturing) at any cost. The trend is...

...incidence of booth capturing was recorded by the Presiding Officer in the Presiding Officer's diary, which was later on submitted to the Returning Officer. A first information report, being FIR No. 9..., was also lodged at Police Station Jhuneer in connection with the above offence of booth capturing on 8-2-1997 for offences under Sections 353, 186, 188, 336, 506, 148, 149 of the Indian Penal...his election agent committed corrupt practice of booth capturing? If so, its effect? (OPP)2. To what relief, if any, is the petitioner entitled...

...State Government had interfered in the process and had stopped the voting process and thereby there was booth capturing. Due to receipt of this application, the police station had written to the...against applicants that they had attempted to capture booths and due to that he had called the minister Lonikar and he had taken steps to ensure that there was no booth capturing. The application was...does not show that there was booth capturing. It can be said that only due to complaint given against minister such steps was taken. It is unfortunate but fairness was not shown by the concerned like...

...whereof was held on 16.11.1991, and also to direct for holding a fresh election as there has been large number of booth capturing, massive rigging, intimidation and terrors on account of which it was...not possible for the real voters to cast their votes.3. Different instances of booth capturing and rigging have been mentioned in the petition. It has also been stated in the petition.... It is stated that the Election Commissioner, after noticing that there has been large number of bungling and booth capturing etc., should have countermanded the entire election of the Gaya...

...(respondent no. 1) in exercise of its power conferred under Section 58A(2)(a) of the Representation of the People Act 1951 (in short ‘the Act’), in spite of mass scale booth capturing and malpractices...notifications it is manifest that there was large scale of booth capturing and malpractices on the day of polling of this Constituency, which would definitely affect the result of the election...of polling stations or places are involved in booth capturing and malpractices. As in the present case a prayer has been made to command respondent no. 1 to issue an appropriate notification...

...votes being rendered missing, besides virtual booth capturing of polling booth 15-A.One of the other respondent, namely, Gobind Ram Garg filed a return seeking to...? OPR.(6) Whether the petition contains material facts and particulars of the alleged corrupt practice of booth capturing and, if not, what is its effect? OPR....(9) Whether the paragraphs 26, 27 and 31 disclose material facts and particulars of the alleged corrupt practice of booth capturing pertaining to booth 15-A and, if not, what is its effect...

...for the impugned order dated 21st May, 1991 being passed countermanding the elections, as there was no report of the Returning Officer that the booth capturing had taken place in such a large number of...capturing, Section 135-A provides for offences of booth capturing and Section 153 enables the Election Commission to extend the time for completion of elections.16. In the present case it...the provisions of section 58a in greater detail. The said Section reads as follows—“58A. Adjournment of poll or countermanding of election on the ground of booth capturing:—(1...

... CRM-M-62775-2026 (O&M) -2- not qua a particular person or private in nature but is against the very authority of the State for booth capturing during election...instant case, the allegations are of booth capturing during elections. 4. In view of the above discussion, the present petition stands dismissed. 5. However, the...

...Act, 1951 (in short R.P.A.) alleging certain corrupt practices and booth capturing by the elected candidate Rakesh Shukla in respect of election held on 25.11.1998 for Mehgaon Constituency...booth capturing are vague and lacking in material particulars and does not constitute such corrupt practices or booth capturing as defined under the R.P.A. The petition in the circumstances deserves...been verified in the petition. 8. The allegations in para 15(i), (v) and (vi) have been verified as booth capturing. Booth capturing is the name of corrupt practice. However, the...

...recriminatory petition was also filed setting up a case of booth-capturing by the appellant along with his son and other anti-social elements and during that period it is alleged that the appellant...by a voter has been used making the ballot paper liable to be rejected. It may also have to be seen whether there has been any booth-capturing as alleged by Respondent 1 to explain the marking of....9. So far as the case of Respondent 1 regarding booth-capturing is concerned, the Court has held that such allegations have not been proved nor was any such allegation made ever before...

...the sole respondent material facts and full particulars constituting the serious allegation of booth capturing and procuring help from the officials for winning the election, for non-compliance of...specific allegation of booth capturing or procuring help from the officials made out against the respondent, in the circumstances, the election petition is fit to be dismissed summarily for not...not constitute the charge of booth capturing against the sole respondent as in the entire election petition nowhere it has been alleged that Superintendent of Police, Lakhisarai while capturing Booth Nos...