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In Jagbir v. State of Punjab (Supreme Court, 3 September 1998), what did the Court direct after finding…

In Jagbir the Supreme Court held that the complainant's appeal against acquittal in a case instituted on a police report was not maintainable under the then CrPC. Instead of…

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In Jagbir v. State of Punjab (Supreme Court, 3 September 1998), what did the Court direct after finding that the complainant's appeal against acquittal in the police-report case was not maintainable?

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In Jagbir the Supreme Court held that the complainant's appeal against acquittal in a case instituted on a police report was not maintainable under the then CrPC. Instead of leaving him without a remedy, it directed the High Court to hear the appeal memorandum as a revision application concerning the two appellants.

Current law: a victim now has a statutory right of appeal against an order of acquittal under the proviso to section 413 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly the proviso to section 372 CrPC, inserted in 2009).

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