In Brief
Rabiya Bano, an elected village head (Sarpanch), sought to quash a criminal FIR lodged by a defeated election rival. The petitioner argued that the core allegation—false information in the nomination paper—required a public servant's complaint under procedural law and therefore the FIR was non-maintainable. The Court held that while false statements do require such a complaint, the FIR also alleged forging and misusing public documents for election purposes—offences requiring no public servant complaint. Since cognizable offences were properly alleged, the Court dismissed the petition and allowed investigation to proceed.
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