Petitioner's Role As 'Dominus Litis' In Minor Child Recovery Case Has Restrictions On Withdrawing Case: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

In a recent development in the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, the petitioners, Jehangir Hassan Bhat and another, filed a Criminal Miscellaneous Petition challenging the order passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class (District Mobile Magistrate) Sopore, on 1st February 2023. The petition was in connection with an application filed under Section 97 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.P.C.) by Mehmooda Begum (Respondent No. 1) against…