Keshav Prasad vs Union Of India (Uoi) And Anr.

The case concerns whether a written complaint filed under Section 135 of the Customs Act, 1962, which was not signed by the public servant lodging it, is legally sustainable. The Supreme Court examined whether the exemption from examining the complainant under the first proviso of Section 200 of the CrPC applies when the identity of the public servant is unclear due to the lack of a signature. The Court upheld the Magistrate's decision to dismiss the complaint, rejecting the High Court's view that the lack of signature was a curable irregularity.