https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=394504 Dismissal of a complaint at the pre-cognizance stage, after rejection of a delay-condonation application and before issuance of summons, does not amount to an acquittal under the Criminal Procedure Code. Section 378(4) permits special leave to appeal only from an order of acquittal in a complaint case, while the scheme of Chapter XX shows that acquittal arises after trial in a summons case or non-appearance after summons, not at the pre-process stage governed by Section 203. Because criminal proceedings had not commenced when the complaint was dismissed, the complainant's special leave petitions were held not maintainable; the available remedy lies in revision or other appropriate proceedings. en-us Wed, 04 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:31:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=394504 Dismissal of a complaint at the pre-cognizance stage, after rejection of a delay-condonation application and before issuance of summons, does not amount to an acquittal under the Criminal Procedure Code. Section 378(4) permits special leave to appeal only from an order of acquittal in a complaint case, while the scheme of Chapter XX shows that acquittal arises after trial in a summons case or non-appearance after summons, not at the pre-process stage governed by Section 203. Because criminal proceedings had not commenced when the complaint was dismissed, the complainant's special leave petitions were held not maintainable; the available remedy lies in revision or other appropriate proceedings. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 04 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=394504