Section 135
Dismissal of complaint
ActIn forceProvision 147 of 411
Section 135
(1)
The Magistrate before whom a complaint is made may dismiss the complaint if after examining the complainant and recording his examination and considering the result of the inquiry, if any, made under section 134, there is in his judgment no sufficient ground for proceeding.
(2)
The Magistrate if he dismisses the complaint shall record his reasons for so doing.
Criminal Procedure Code 101
(3)
Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the Public Prosecutor may, if he thinks fit, inform the Magistrate that no prosecution shall proceed in respect of the offence complained of, and thereupon the
Magistrate shall dismiss the complaint.