Quashing
Can serious POCSO offences be quashed on settlement between parties? Kerala High Court answers
“Each case will have to be addressed in the peculiar facts obtaining therein, and there cannot be an en bloc conclusion that the quashment is wholly impermissible in cases involving POCSO offences.”
[S. 482 CrPC] Compromise between parties cannot be sole basis to quash proceedings/ FIR in sexual harassment cases, they affect society: SC
Before exercising the power under Section 482 of CrPC, the High Court must have due regard to the nature and gravity of the crime besides observing and holding that heinous and serious offences could not be quashed even though a victim or victim’s family and the offender had settled.
Criminal Law Roundup | A quick recap of top criminal law cases from October 2024
Read about the significant criminal law matters heard and decided by the Supreme Court and High Courts in October 2024
‘Quashing of cases involving sexual violence based on monetary payments would imply that justice is for sale’; Delhi High Court refuses to quash FIR filed for sexual violence
The Delhi High Court opined that true justice, and the ends of justice would not be served by quashing the FIR without a trial, but by conducting a trial to fairly ascertain the real culprit, whether it be the accused or the complainant.
Bombay High Court directs State to pay Rs 25000 to a Congress worker for his unjustified arrest
Cases under Section 153A are on the rise and the onus is on the police/State to ensure that the said provision is not misused by anyone, much less, political parties.
FIR against a 9-year-old boy for causing unintentional accident by cycle; Bombay High Court quashes FIR and directs State to pay Rs 25000 to family
Bombay High Court: In a case filed by the mother of a 9-year-old minor boy, seeking quashing of the FIR
Delhi High Court quashes confiscation proceedings against Satyender Jain under Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988
Delhi High Court: In a batch of petitions filed assailing proceedings initiated by the respondent- State under the Prohibition of
FIR registered for non-payment of advocate professional fee; Parties arrived settlement; Delhi High Court directs client to distribute sanitary napkins and advocate to undertake pro bono work
Delhi High Court: In a case filed by Shilpi Chaudhary (‘petitioner’) seeking quashing of FIR, which was registered alleging offences
Bombay High Court| Mere repeated monetary demands by a daughter does not establish her intention to instigate the father to commit suicide
Bombay High Court: In a case filed by Lata (‘petitioner’) daughter of the deceased who committed suicide and left a
Delhi High Court quashes FIR lodged with Economic Offences Wing Delhi in view of deposition made by complainant regarding settlement
Delhi High Court: In a petition filed by Jaideep Singh (’Petitioner’) for quashing of FIR registered by Shaildendra Singh (‘Respondent
Court can neither be a mute spectator to the whims and fancies of the investigating agency nor be a party to it; Ori HC observes in a case where final form was submitted after 15 years
Orissa High Court: Sashikant Mishra J. allowed the criminal petition and quashed the FIR and the criminal proceeding due to inordinate delay
Can FIR/ complaint in non compoundable offences pertaining to matrimonial disputes be quashed? HP HC lays down under what circumstances
Himachal Pradesh High Court: Chander Bhusan Barowalia J. disposed of the petition and quashed the FIR/complaint. The facts of the case are
Court has inherent power to quash criminal proceedings on satisfying itself that the parties want to live peacefully
Uttaranchal High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of V.K. Bisht, J. allowed a criminal miscellaneous petition filed under Section 482 CrPC
Transfer order cannot be quashed on ground of being a ‘widow’
Rajasthan High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Arun Bhansali J., dismissed a writ petition on the basis of unreasonable and
Criminal proceedings for cruelty to wife can be quashed by High Court in exercise of it’s inherent powers under S. 482 CrPC
Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court ruled that proceedings under Sections 498-A, 406 read with 34