2025 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 57375
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
C.S.DIAS, J
SAIDU MUHAMMED – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
CRL.MC NO. 67 OF 2021
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SRI.S.JAYAKRISHNAN
For the Respondents: SRI.M.P.PRASANATH
The dismissal of a quashing petition reserves the right for the petitioner to challenge the final report or seek discharge before the appropriate court.
Headnote:The Criminal Miscellaneous Case pertains to an application to quash the FIR in Crime No.2468/2020. The court noted that the investigating officer had submitted a final report to the Judicial Magistrate of First Class-I. The application was dismissed, reserving the petitioner's rights to further proceedings. Key statutory frameworks relate to quashing petitions and procedural rights in ongoing investigations.
O R D E R
The Criminal Miscellaneous Case is filed to quash Annexure A1 FIR in Crime No.2468 of 2020 registered by the Karunagappally Police Station.
The learned Public Prosecutor, on instructions, submits that the Investigating officer has already laid the final report before the Court of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class-I, Karunagappally and the case has been numbered as C.C.No.880 of 2021.
In light of the above submission, the Crl.M.C. is dismissed, but by reserving the right of the petitioner to either challenge the final report or file an application for discharge before the jurisdictional court, provided the charge has not been framed yet.