Typo in FIR; complainant becomes the accused

HC quashes the FIR after Rajkot police accept clerical mistake

- Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau

The Gujarat High Court has quashed an FIR that erroneously named a complainant as the accused following typographical errors by Gandhigram police. The error resulted in the complainant being treated as an accused for over 18 months until the court gave him relief after the police accepted their mistake.