2025 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 51242
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
C.S.DIAS, J
NEPOLIAN – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
CRL.MC NO. 2157 OF 2020
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SMT.NAMITHA JYOTHISH
For the Respondents: SRI.P.SHANES METHAR
Dismissal of a criminal miscellaneous case does not affect the petitioner's right to challenge the final report in a committed case.
Headnote:The Criminal Miscellaneous Case seeks to quash an FIR concerning alleged offences under IPC Sections 294(b), 324, and 307. The court noted that a final report has been laid and the case is committed to the Sessions Court as S.C.No.800/2021. The court ultimately dismissed the case while safeguarding the petitioner's right to contest the final report.
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| 1. quashing of fir (Para 1) |
| 2. court observation (Para 2) |
C.S.DIAS, J.
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Crl.M.C. No. 2157 OF 2020 -----------------------------------------
Dated this the 12th day of November, 2025 ORDER The Criminal Miscellaneous Case is filed to quash Annexure I FIR in Crime No.1331/2019 registered by the Mannanchery Police Station, Alappuzha alleging commission of the offences punishable under Sections 294 (b), 324 and 307 of the Indian Penal Code .
2. The learned Public Prosecutor, on instructions, submits that the Investigating Officer has already laid the final report and the case has been committed to the Additional Sessions Court-IV, Alappuzha, and numbered as S.C.No.800/2021.
In light of the above submission, the Criminal Miscellaneous Case is dismissed without prejudice to the right of the petitioner to challenge the final report filed in the above crime.