Dismissed
P.Valli v. the Superintendent of Police
Madras HCCRL OP/20968/2021
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
A Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking a direction to register a complaint and file an FIR was dismissed. The court held the petition was not maintainable, directing the petitioner to follow alternative remedies. The court relied on the Supreme Court's judgment in M. Subramaniam v. S. Janaki. The matter was disposed of without allowing the prayer.
What did the court decide?
The prayer for directing the second respondent to register the petitioner's complaint and file an FIR was dismissed; liberty given to work out alternative remedy.