Section 362 CrPC bars review of criminal final orders; courts functus officio; Order XLVII CPC review not maintainable

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....The SC allowed the appeal and set aside the impugned order dated 05.05.2021. The Court held that criminal courts are functus officio once a judgment or final order is signed and Section 362 CrPC bars alteration or review thereof except to correct clerical or arithmetical errors or where another statute expressly permits. A review petition filed under Order XLVII CPC in proceedings initiated under the CrPC was held not maintainable; the High Court lacked jurisdiction to entertain such review. The attempted recall/review did not qualify as permissible "procedural review" nor raised any fresh, unheard matter, and thus the challenged High Court order was quashed.....