HARMEET SINGH v. UT OF J AND K TH PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT HOME DEPARTMENT JAMMU
WP(C)/1194/2025 · 2025-05-16
Rahul Bharti
Writ Petition (Civil)body2025
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HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU
Case:- WP(C) No. 1194/2025 CM No. 2857/2025
Harmeet Singh, Age 42 years S/o S. Tirath Singh R/o Akali Kour Singh Nagar, Digiana, Jammu. …..Appellant(s)/Petitioner(s)
Through: Mr. Arshad Majid Malik, Advocate.
Vs
Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir through its Principal Secretary (Home), Civil Secretariat, Jammu. .…. Respondent(s)
Through: Mrs. Monika Kohli, Sr. AAG.
Coram: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAHUL BHARTI, JUDGE
ORDER (16.05.2025)
1. The petitioner is seeking to invoke writ jurisdiction by reference to an intended amendment of the text of judgment of a criminal court in terms whereof the petitioner as an accused has been acquitted but the acquittal has been bracketed on account of benefit of doubt which expression is said to be antithesis to the tone and tenor of the entire judgment wherein the trial court has held the prosecution case against the petitioner as an accused to be a falsity and, as such, benefit of doubt was not to be referred with respect to acquittal of the petitioner.
2. Writ jurisdiction under article 226 of the Constitution of India cannot enable this Court to deal with the judgment of the court below even for the purported purpose of setting the text Serial No. 102
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correct to serve the context of the judgment as intended by the petitioner.
3.
Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks to withdrawal the instant petition with liberty to file proper one invoking proper jurisdiction of this Court.
4. Dismissed as withdrawn with liberty granted.
(RAHUL BHARTI) JUDGE JAMMU
16.05.2025
Shivalee
Whether the order is speaking: Yes/No
Whether the order is reportable: Yes/No