Key legal question
Whether the injured party had standing to bring a constitutional complaint challenging the discontinuance of criminal proceedings.
Extracted holding
No. The injured party has only an indirect factual interest in prosecution; the criminal claim belongs to the state and, absent an applicable exception, there is no legal interest under Art. 88 OG.
Extracted reasoning
The court relied on settled case law that the victim does not have a personal legal right to punishment of the alleged offender. As a mere injured party, the complainant was therefore not entitled to constitutional review.