MD Idress and Anr. v. the State and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka; criminal petitions allowed; quashing of FIR/crime proceedings; private complaint by wife against husband (name approximate: Mohammed Khursheed) and five others; complaint referred to police under Section [illegible] Cr.P.C.; omnibus/general allegations against husband's relatives; no specific allegations against certain accused; one-year delay in filing complaint; non-compliance with Sections [illegible] Cr.P.C.; Supreme Court precedent on referral of private complaints (citation illegible); prior decree for restitution of conjugal rights; desertion by wife; male child delivered at parents' house; abuse of process of law; respondent No.2 unrepresented; High Court Government Pleader for respondent State; single authoring judge ('I am of the opinion', ¶84).
What did the court decide?
Both criminal petitions allowed; the entire criminal proceedings in the police-registered crime case arising from respondent No.2's private complaint are quashed as against the petitioners herein.