Quashed
Mohd. Amanullah & Ors. v. State (Nct of Delhi)
Delhi HCCRL.M.C./384/2021
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The Court quashed chargesheets filed against petitioners for alleged violations during the COVID-19 lockdown. It held that no offence was made out under IPC Sections 188, 269, 270, 271 or the Epidemic Diseases Act as there was no evidence of infection, lack of promulgation to the accused, or failure to disprove negative results of tests. The continuation of proceedings was deemed an abuse of process.
What did the court decide?
Chargesheets under Sections 188, 269, 270, 271 IPC, Section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, and Section 51 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 are quashed. Petitioners are discharged.