https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=101433 A Magistrate's order permitting withdrawal of a summons-case complaint with liberty to file a fresh complaint did not amount to an acquittal for purposes of the bar against a second prosecution. Although section 257 contemplates acquittal on withdrawal, the court held that non-examination of the complainant under section 200 does not automatically render the proceedings a nullity or compel acquittal in every case. Where the Magistrate treated the earlier proceedings as lacking legal foundation, any purported acquittal made on that basis could not attract section 300. The subsequent complaint was therefore not barred on double jeopardy grounds. en-us Wed, 19 Mar 1986 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:22:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=101433 A Magistrate's order permitting withdrawal of a summons-case complaint with liberty to file a fresh complaint did not amount to an acquittal for purposes of the bar against a second prosecution. Although section 257 contemplates acquittal on withdrawal, the court held that non-examination of the complainant under section 200 does not automatically render the proceedings a nullity or compel acquittal in every case. Where the Magistrate treated the earlier proceedings as lacking legal foundation, any purported acquittal made on that basis could not attract section 300. The subsequent complaint was therefore not barred on double jeopardy grounds. Case-Laws Companies Law Wed, 19 Mar 1986 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=101433