Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Effects of Non-appearance of Complainant in a criminal case

If summons has been issued to the complainant by the court in CR case but the complainant does not appear before the court on the fixed day then the  court may acquit the accused and dismiss the complaint under section 247 of  The Criminal Procedure Code 1898.
In a GR case the magistrate may stop the proceedings at any stage of the case without pronouncing judgment and release the accused under section 249 of The Criminal Procedure Code, 1898. continue

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