FIR closure by police and now I as complainant being called to court

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      If you are the complainant in a criminal case and if the police has filed a closure report in that case [which is done under Section 173 of the Criminal Procedure Code], then under law, you have a right to file a protest petition to oppose the closure of the case by police. For this purpose, the court calls upon you to file your protest, if any, to the closure of the case.

      However, if you don’t want to file any protest petition against the closure report, there is no reason why you should be harassed and called again and again to the court merely for that purpose. I think you can officially give / file your letter / application to the court and police to the effect that you don’t want to contest the closure report, and that you don’t want to file the protest petition, and that you don’t have any objection if the police wants to file a closure report. I think that should solve the issue.

           


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