https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=48159 Territorial jurisdiction in criminal proceedings is not an absolute bar: under Sections 177 and 462 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, proceedings conducted in a wrong local area are not void unless the error has caused a failure of justice. On that basis, the Court held that the earlier steps in the complaint were not vitiated merely because the first court lacked territorial jurisdiction. It further clarified that, when the complaint is re-filed before the competent court, the matter may continue from the stage already reached before the Metropolitan Magistrate rather than begin de novo, while the question of acquiescence was left open. en-us Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 22:19:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=48159 Territorial jurisdiction in criminal proceedings is not an absolute bar: under Sections 177 and 462 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, proceedings conducted in a wrong local area are not void unless the error has caused a failure of justice. On that basis, the Court held that the earlier steps in the complaint were not vitiated merely because the first court lacked territorial jurisdiction. It further clarified that, when the complaint is re-filed before the competent court, the matter may continue from the stage already reached before the Metropolitan Magistrate rather than begin de novo, while the question of acquiescence was left open. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=48159