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Criminal procedure

ANUKUL SINGH versus STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANR.

The High Court erred in refusing to quash the FIR and charge sheet because the allegations, even if accepted in entirety, disclose at best a civil/commercial dispute relating to loan, repayment and property and do not prima facie make out ingredients of offences under Sections 420, 467 and 468 IPC; the institution of multiple FIRs in quick succession and timing of the charge sheet, together with the conviction of the complainant under Section 138 N.I. Act, demonstrate mala fide prosecution and abuse of process, warranting quashing under Section 482 Cr.P.C.

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  • Quashing of fir
  • Quashing of charge sheet
  • Abuse of process of law
  • Conversion of civil disputes into criminal proceedings
  • Mala fide prosecution
  • Section 482 cr.p.c.
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Code of criminal procedure, 1973

RAGHUNATH SHARMA & ORS. versus STATE OF HARYANA & ANR.

The High Court erred in recalling and reviving the FIR previously quashed because Section 362 Cr.P.C. almost absolutely bars alteration or review of a signed judgment and Section 482 Cr.P.C. cannot be invoked to alter such a judgment except in the narrow exceptions (lack of jurisdiction, violation of audi alteram partem, or abuse of process) which were not present; therefore the impugned revival was impermissible and is to be set aside.

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  • Section 362 cr.p.c.
  • Section 482 cr.p.c.
  • Inherent powers of high court
  • Recall of order of quashment
  • Revival of fir
  • Compromise and breach of compromise
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Criminal law

R. SHASHIREKHA versus STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS

The High Court was correct to quash the FIR insofar as it alleged an offence under Section 306 IPC because, on the material, the allegations appeared to be afterthoughts and there was no reasonable proximate nexus between the alleged instigation and the deceased's suicide. However, the High Court erred in quashing the proceedings under Section 420 IPC without giving reasons addressing why the investigation material was insufficient to constitute cheating; accordingly the quash of Section 420 proceedings is set aside and the trial court directed to proceed further in accordance with law.

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  • Abetment of suicide
  • Cheating
  • Quashing of fir
  • Section 482 cr.p.c.
  • Section 306 ipc
  • Section 420 ipc
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Criminal procedure

JOTHIRAGAWAN versus STATE REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE & ANR.

On the record (FIR and statements to police) the parties were closely related adults who were in a relationship and the complainant repeatedly and willingly accompanied the appellant to hotel rooms; there is no clear prior promise of marriage that induced consent before the first intercourse (any promise was alleged after the first incident) and the allegations of force and coercion are inconsistent with repeated willing excursions; therefore the statements do not disclose the ingredients of rape under Section 376 IPC and continuation of the prosecution would be an abuse of process, warrantin…

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  • Quashing
  • Promise of marriage
  • Rape
  • Consent
  • Section 482 cr.p.c.
  • Section 376 i.p.c.
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Criminal law

AYYUB & ORS. versus STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ANR.

The charge-sheet and material on record did not disclose the ingredients of Section 306 IPC or requisite intention to aid/instigate suicide; the prosecution relied on a one-sided, uncorroborated version and no adequate investigation of other angles was conducted, therefore continuing proceedings would be an abuse of process and must be quashed while directing a reinvestigation by a Special Investigation Team.

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  • Abetment of suicide
  • Section 306 ipc
  • Quashing of criminal proceedings
  • Section 482 cr.p.c.
  • Reinvestigation
  • Investigation bias
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Negotiable instruments act

M/S NARESH POTTERIES versus M/S AARTI INDUSTRIES AND ANOTHER

The Supreme Court held that the complaint, filed in the name of the payee firm through its manager and power-of-attorney holder, satisfied Section 142 of the NI Act because the Letter of Authority, the affidavit in support of the complaint and the affidavit of evidence under Section 200 Cr.P.C. cumulatively showed that the manager was duly authorised and had personal knowledge of the transactions; the High Court erred in quashing the summoning order under Section 482 Cr.P.C. and the matter should proceed to trial where any dispute over authorisation or knowledge can be adjudicated.

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  • Section 138 ni act
  • Section 142 ni act
  • Section 200 cr.p.c.
  • Section 482 cr.p.c.
  • Cognizance of offence
  • Power of attorney holder
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Criminal law

DIGAMBAR AND ANOTHER versus THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER

The allegations in the FIR were vague, omnibus and, when compared with the doctor’s statement and surrounding facts (including that the FIR was lodged after a divorce notice and that there was no allegation the appellants knew of the pregnancy), did not, even if accepted at face value, prima facie make out offences against the appellants under Sections 498-A, 312, 313 and 34 IPC; continuation of proceedings would be an abuse of the process of law and the High Court should have exercised its inherent power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash the proceedings.

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  • Quashing of fir
  • Section 482 cr.p.c.
  • Section 498-a ipc
  • Sections 312 and 313 ipc
  • Cruelty in matrimonial context
  • Miscarriage
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Criminal law

XYZ versus THE STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.

The High Court must verify the genuineness of any settlement before quashing criminal proceedings in non-compoundable offences, procure the victim's presence where appropriate (especially in serious offences and against women), ensure affidavits by illiterate persons bear endorsements that contents were explained, and may order a judicial inquiry; absent such verification the quashing order cannot be sustained.

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  • Quashing of criminal proceedings
  • Settlement/compromise
  • Section 482 cr.p.c.
  • Article 226 constitution of india
  • Affidavits by illiterate persons
  • Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities) act, 1989
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Criminal law

HDFC BANK LTD. versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS.

The Supreme Court held that on a prima facie reading the FIR and complaint did not disclose the ingredients of offences alleged against the appellant-bank: there was no allegation of dishonest inducement or mens rea (and mens rea cannot be imputed to a juristic person in the manner alleged), no entrustment of property to the bank to invoke Sections 406/409/462 IPC, and no material to establish common intention for Sections 34, 37, 120B. The case fell within Bhajan Lal categories (2) and (3), and continuation of proceedings would cause undue hardship; accordingly the FIR was quashed and the Hi…

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  • Quashing of f.i.r.
  • Section 482 cr.p.c.
  • Sections 34, 37, 120b, 201, 206, 217, 406, 409, 420, 462 ipc
  • Mens rea and juristic persons
  • Entrustment and criminal breach of trust
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Criminal procedure

A.S. PHARMA PVT. LTD. versus NAYATI MEDICAL PVT. LTD. & ORS.

The High Court erred in invoking Section 482 Cr.P.C. together with Section 147 N.I. Act to compound the offence under Section 138 N.I. Act without the consent of the complainant; compounding under Section 147 requires the complainant's consent and Section 482 cannot be used to circumvent that statutory requirement. However, in the specific factual matrix where the accused had deposited the amount (Rs.6,50,000) with interest and an additional sum (Rs.1,00,000) and expressed readiness to settle, the Supreme Court invoked its power under Article 142 to quash Complaint Case No.5564 of 2022 and al…

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  • Section 482 cr.p.c.
  • Section 147 n.i. act, 1881
  • Section 138 n.i. act, 1881
  • Article 142 constitution of india
  • Compounding of offence
  • Consent of complainant
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