Quashing FIR Archives

Abetment of suicide | Mere refusal to marry even if true by itself would not amount to instigation under S. 107 IPC: Supreme Court

“In the case on hand, even if we believe that the accused due to opposition and pressure from his family declined to get married with the deceased, it could not be said that he led to a situation by which the deceased was left with no other option but to commit suicide.”

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[S.306 IPC] ‘Act of instigation must be such, where deceased has no choice, but to commit suicide’; Bombay HC quashes FIR

Instigation or incitement on the part of the accused person was the gravamen of the offence of abetment to suicide but a mere allegation or accusation of harassment made by the deceased prior to his death, cannot be held as the fulcrum of an offence under Section 306 IPC.

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HC Judges taking up case not assigned by the Chief Justice an act of gross impropriety: Supreme Court

Supreme Court wondered “how a Civil Writ Petition for clubbing First Information Reports could be entertained”.

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Love affair traversed beyond the legal and moral bounds; Rajasthan High Court quashes Rape and POCSO case against the 22-year-old

Rajasthan High Court: The Court exercising its inherent powers under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code (Code), quashed the First

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Compromise between the parties can be a ground for quashing FIR under S. 482 CrPC

Punjab and Haryana High Court: The petition was filed by the petitioner under S. 482 CrPC for quashing an FIR under Section