Y. ABRAHAM AJITH vs INSPECTOR OF POLICE, CHENNAI

The Supreme Court held that the High Court erred in not addressing the jurisdictional issue raised under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The Court emphasized that according to Section 177, the ordinary place of inquiry and trial is where the offence was committed, and since the allegations occurred in Nagercoil, the Chennai court lacked jurisdiction. The appeal was allowed, quashing the proceedings initiated in Chennai, as the complaint did not establish any cause of action within that jurisdiction.