Allowed
Suo Motu v. State of Kerala
Kerala HCCrl.RC/424/2018
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Suo motu criminal revisions against the Magistrate's orders discharging accused and stopping proceedings in some fifty summary trial cases, mostly petty offences under the IPC, Motor Vehicles Act, Abkari Act, NDPS Act and COTPA. The High Court found the orders patently illegal, set them aside and directed the Magistrate to restore the cases and proceed in accordance with law.
What did the court decide?
Criminal revision cases allowed; orders of discharge set aside; the Magistrate directed to take back the cases on his file and proceed with them in accordance with law.