Oral Statements Under Sections 200 & 202 CrPC Cannot Cure Material Omissions in Protest Petition, Rendering Allegations Doubtful: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has delivered an important judgment explaining the scope of inquiry under Section 200 CrPC and Section 202 CrPC. The Court held that when a protest petition is converted into a complaint case, all material facts forming the basis of the accusation must be stated in the protest petition itself. Important facts that are absent from the protest petition cannot ordinarily be introduced later through oral statements…