Senthilkumar vs The Inspector Of Police on 20 September, 2023
13. Considering the fact that there are serious allegations against
the accused if FIR is quashed, prejudice will be caused to the
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respondent/complainant. Therefore, as observed by the High Court of
Andhra Pradesh in Kaluva Kumar v. State of AP in Criminal Petition
No.4229 of 2019, while quashing the FIR, defacto complainant shall be
given liberty to file a fresh complaint before the learned Magistrate under
Section 156 (3) of Cr.P.C., after complying all the requirements of
Priyanka Srivastava and Babu Venkatesh (supra), so that learned
Magistrate shall consider the same, record the reason and forward the
same to the police for investigation.