https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=414665 Dismissal of a criminal complaint for the complainant's non-appearance is treated as an acquittal by operation of law, even if the order does not expressly say so. Where the governing criminal procedure law provides an appeal against such an acquittal, a revision petition by a party who could have appealed is barred. The stated principle is that termination of the complaint in default attracts the remedial consequences of acquittal, so the proper remedy is appeal rather than revision. Accordingly, the revisional challenge was held not maintainable. en-us Wed, 06 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 15 Nov 2021 09:06:24 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=414665 Dismissal of a criminal complaint for the complainant's non-appearance is treated as an acquittal by operation of law, even if the order does not expressly say so. Where the governing criminal procedure law provides an appeal against such an acquittal, a revision petition by a party who could have appealed is barred. The stated principle is that termination of the complaint in default attracts the remedial consequences of acquittal, so the proper remedy is appeal rather than revision. Accordingly, the revisional challenge was held not maintainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 06 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=414665