https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307060 Section 2(wa) of the Code of Criminal Procedure gives express recognition to a victim, including the victim's legal heir, within the criminal process. On that basis, legal heirs of a deceased de facto complainant are not strangers to the proceedings and may be permitted to continue the prosecution where the Code and the circumstances justify their participation. The amended victim-oriented scheme treats the victim as an aggrieved person throughout investigation, inquiry, trial, appeal, and revision, and permission under Section 302 to continue the matter and file a naraji or protest petition is consistent with that framework. en-us Wed, 04 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 21:07:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307060 Section 2(wa) of the Code of Criminal Procedure gives express recognition to a victim, including the victim's legal heir, within the criminal process. On that basis, legal heirs of a deceased de facto complainant are not strangers to the proceedings and may be permitted to continue the prosecution where the Code and the circumstances justify their participation. The amended victim-oriented scheme treats the victim as an aggrieved person throughout investigation, inquiry, trial, appeal, and revision, and permission under Section 302 to continue the matter and file a naraji or protest petition is consistent with that framework. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 04 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307060