Jia Lal v. Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Th SHO Police Station
Case brief
What is this about?
Miscellaneous criminal petition (CRM (M) No. 389/2021), High Court of J&K and Ladakh at Jammu, decided 09.09.2025 by Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul. Petitioner Jia Lal; respondent UT of J&K (represented by GA Adarsh Bhagat). After the status report showed the investigation complete, the alleged offence not proved and the case closed, the petition was dismissed as infructuous. Keywords: infructuous petition; investigation completed; offence not proved; case closed; status report.
What did the court decide?
Since the investigation was completed, the offence alleged against the petitioner was not proved and the case stood closed, the petition had become infructuous and was accordingly dismissed. ¶17