https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312720 A petition under Section 482 CrPC seeking quashing of criminal proceedings was held not maintainable when filed by the accused through a power-of-attorney holder. The Court reasoned that such proceedings should ordinarily be prosecuted by the person aggrieved, namely the accused against whom the complaint or process is pending. A third person cannot, absent a legally recognised disability of the accused, act as a proxy litigant to invoke the court's inherent jurisdiction. Authorities cited by the petitioner were distinguished on their facts and were not treated as establishing any general rule permitting such filing through an attorney. en-us Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:23:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312720 A petition under Section 482 CrPC seeking quashing of criminal proceedings was held not maintainable when filed by the accused through a power-of-attorney holder. The Court reasoned that such proceedings should ordinarily be prosecuted by the person aggrieved, namely the accused against whom the complaint or process is pending. A third person cannot, absent a legally recognised disability of the accused, act as a proxy litigant to invoke the court's inherent jurisdiction. Authorities cited by the petitioner were distinguished on their facts and were not treated as establishing any general rule permitting such filing through an attorney. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312720