Dismissed
Abhaya Kumar Swain v. State of Odisha
Orissa HCWPCRL/77/2022
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The High Court of Orissa held that since the victim girl declared her age as 24 in the Section 164 CrPC statement, the proceeding became infructuous and was closed. The court affirmed an adult woman's right to choose her husband and live with him without legal interference.
What did the court decide?
The proceeding was declared infructuous and closed as the victim was an adult. The written instruction was kept in record, and the original Section 164 statement was ordered to be returned sealed.