Mohd. Yousuf vs Smt. Afaq Jahan & Anr on 2 January, 2006
There is no particular format for a complaint. The Apex Court has also expounded in Mohd. Yusuf vs. Afaq Jahan reported in (2006) 1 SCC, 627 that there is no particular format for a complaint, even nomenclature is also inconsequential. A petition addressed to Magistrate containing an allegation that an offence has been committed and prayed for suitable action against the culprits, is sufficient to treat the same as a complaint.