Jharkhand High Court: Criminal Revision Petitions Maintainable Despite Sessions Court Jurisdiction

The Jharkhand High Court has held that criminal revision petitions remain maintainable even when concurrent jurisdiction exists with sessions courts.

However, as a matter of judicial discipline, the High Court will ordinarily refrain from exercising its inherent powers if an equally efficacious remedy is available before the Sessions Judge.

The court clarified that revisional powers under Section 397 CrPC can be invoked directly before high courts in appropriate cases, notwithstanding the availability of alternative remedies at lower judicial levels.

On the facts of the case, the High Court dismissed the revision petition, while granting liberty to the petitioners to approach the Sessions Judge.

[Shree Kumar Lakhotia v. State of Jharkhand]