Quashed
Ranjan Malik v. State of Odisha
Orissa HCCRLMC/5272/2023
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Single judge quashed the First Information Report and subsequent criminal proceedings under Section 376 IPC against the appellant. The High Court held that since the parties had already married, were living happily, and had a child, continuing the trial would be a futile exercise, relying on Gian Singh.
What did the court decide?
The criminal proceeding in G.R. Case No.94 of 2020 and consequential proceedings against the petitioner are quashed.