Allowed
Suo Motu v. State of Kerala
Kerala HCCrl.RC/2450/2018
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Suo motu criminal revisions against discharge orders passed by the Judicial Magistrate of First Class-III (Temporary), Kollam in summary trial cases of rash driving and Motor Vehicles Act offences. The Magistrate closed proceedings under Section 258 Cr.P.C. on two-word orders because the accused were not traceable. The High Court held the orders patently illegal and directed the Magistrate to rest
What did the court decide?
Orders of the learned Magistrate in the Summary Trial Cases set aside; the Magistrate directed to take back the cases on her file and proceed with them in accordance with law.