No Cognizance Maintainable in ‘GR Case’ After Acceptance of Closure Report; Protest Petition to Be Treated as Complaint for Cognizance: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has ruled that once a closure report filed by the police is accepted due to lack of evidence, the Magistrate cannot take cognizance of the case in the same General Register (G.R.) case. The judgment, delivered by Justice Chittaranjan Dash, emphasizes that after accepting a closure report, the G.R. case effectively comes to an end and no further proceedings can be initiated under that case number.…