Punam Saw Alias Poonam Devi Alias Poonam Saw v. State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand HC Ranchi; Cr. M. P. No. 1277 of 2018; decided 02.01.2024; Judge Gautam Kumar Choudhary; Punam Saw @ Poonam Devi, Poonam Saw, Dhaneshwar Prasad v. State of Jharkhand and Chotu Prasad Sao; seeks quashing of proceedings of Giridih (T) P.S. Case No. 77 of 2017, G.R. No. 671 of 2017, S. 363 IPC; final form (mistake of fact) submitted 19.06.2018; notice to informant 31.08.2018 unanswered; final form accepted by order dated 05.01.2023; petition dismissed as infructuous. Keywords: quashing petition, infructuous, mistake of fact, final form acceptance.
What did the court decide?
The court below having already accepted the final form by order dated 05.01.2023 (notice to the informant issued on 31.08.2018 having drawn no response), the petition for quashing had become moot; accordingly, the Cr. Misc. Petition is dismissed as infructuous without adjudication on its merits.