2025 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 51000

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
C. Pratheep Kumar, J
PRASANTH – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
CRL.MC NO. 5615 OF 2021

Permission to withdraw a petition allows raising contentions before the Trial Court.

Headnote:The Court analyzed the request for permission to withdraw the Criminal Miscellaneous Case, allowing the petitioner the liberty to raise all contentions before the Trial Court as indicated in Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioner's counsel presented this request during the admission stage of the case. The Court's finding led to the dismissal of this application on the grounds that the petitioner is entitled to raise contentions before the Trial Court. The ruling is as follows: 'this Crl.M.C is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to raise all contentions before the Trial Court.'