Srinagar, July 4 -- The case, registered under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), was dismissed by Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Awantipora, Muneer Ahmad Bhat, who ruled that no cognisance of the offence could be taken due to procedural lapses in the chargesheet.

Parra, the PDP candidate from Srinagar parliamentary constituency, was booked after holding a roadshow on April 27, allegedly violating the poll code in place at the time. The court, however, noted that the police filed the chargesheet without a written complaint from a competent public servant, as required under Section 195(1)(a)(i) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).

"Since the challan is without a written complaint, no cognisance is taken of the offence un...