Supreme Court of India

Abdul Wahab K. v. State of Kerala and Others

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Reported as [2018] 11 S.C.R. 155
Bench Dipak Misra and Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud JJ.
Decided 13 September 2018

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 321 – Withdrawal of prosecution – Prosecution u/ss. 195A and 506 IPC – Application by Public Prosecutor for withdrawal of the same – Allowed by Chief Judicial Magistrate – Revisi on Petition – High Court dismissed the petition on the ground that the pet itioners being third party had no locus to file the same – On appea l, held: Chief Judicial Magistrate passed the order not within the p arameters of s. 321 – Petitioners could not have been treated as strangers, and the petition was of serious nature – High Court should have applied its mind with regard to

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