quashing of FIR

director cannot institute complaint without board authorisation
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In a copyright infringement case involving alleged unauthorised use of source codes, the Bombay High Court quashed proceedings against an employee, finding no material to show his active role beyond carrying out duties assigned by his employer. The Court also held that a company cannot maintain a criminal complaint through its Vice-President or an individual Director unless duly authorised by a Board resolution.

Promise-to-marry allegation by married woman
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Kerala High Court held that a mere allegation of a false promise to marry by a woman in a subsisting marriage did not disclose the essential ingredients of an offence under Section 69 of the BNS and, consequently, quashed the FIR and all further proceedings.

criminal proceedings against consenting adult sex worker
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The High Court held that continuation of criminal proceedings against an adult woman under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 would amount to abuse of the process of law where the material did not disclose any specific act constituting the alleged offences.

2026 SCC Vol 6
Cases ReportedSCC Weekly

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Covid-19 WhatsApp rumour creating panic
Case BriefsHigh Courts

J&K and Ladakh High Court held that fear or panic alone does not satisfy the provision unless the statement is intended, or likely, to promote enmity, hatred or ill-will between different groups.

2026 SCC Vol 6
Cases ReportedSCC Weekly

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POCSO FIR quashed after compromise
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Allahabad High Court quashed FIR under the POCSO Act, holding that continuation of the criminal proceedings would serve no fruitful purpose in the peculiar facts of the case.

Section 498-A IPC Live-In Relationships
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court clarified that the safeguards against arrest laid down in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar, (2014) 8 SCC 273 shall be strictly followed. No live-in partner or relative should be arrested without the mandated preliminary safeguards.

Tinder relationship false promise of marriage
Case BriefsHigh Courts

It was alleged by the applicant that the social website named “Tinder app” is not a matrimonial site, but is a popular site among youngsters, and the said website is meant for making friends.

Mandatory reporting of POCSO offence
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The statutory mandate under Section 21, POCSO Act admits of no dilution, no hesitation, and no delay. The duty to report an offence against a child is not a matter of institutional discretion but an imperative cast by the statute, the breach of which itself constitutes a distinct offence.”

FIR quashed against advocate in assault case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Having found that present applicant was not present at the scene of offence and was also not visible at the District Court, Surat as alleged by the complainant from the CCTV footage, the said aspect would itself demolish the very basis of the FIR against the present applicant.”

Suresh Rathore in Ankita Bhandari case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Four FIRs were filed against former MLA Suresh Rathore arising from social media posts projecting complainants as involved in the Ankita Bhandari murder, a case that had already concluded with three convictions and life sentences. Two were lodged by persons who were neither the victim nor the affected party, covering the same allegations as the victim’s own FIR.

Recall of quashed Rape FIR
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court warned that permitting reopening of quashing orders on the basis of subsequent matrimonial disputes would fundamentally defeat the object underlying exercise of jurisdiction under Section 528 BNSS.

Quashing POCSO FIR in Consensual Relationship
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The jurisprudential basis for the State being the prosecuting agency in criminal offences is to prevent a criminal prosecution from descending into an exercise in vengeance, where the victim goes baying-for-the-blood of the offender; and to maintain objectivity, neutrality, fairness and a sense of proportion in prosecution of an offender.”

UP Conversion Act
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“We must be alive to the situation that UPPUCRA was enacted to curtail an emergent situation in society, where, certain persons go about not professing or propagating their religion, but thrusting it upon others in the belief that the religion they believe in must be followed by others.”

Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The land in question, though administered by a corporate body, is essentially trust property held for the benefit of the community, and any irregularity in its alienation is a matter of legitimate public concern.”

Lalu Prasad Yadav
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Statutes creating new protections or disabilities operate prospectively unless expressly stated otherwise.”

16-year-old case against lawyer
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“To attract Section 3(1)(r), Atrocities Act, the FIR or material on record needed to show that the petitioner intentionally insulted or intimidated the respondent and that he did so with the intent to humiliate the respondent at a place within public view.”

False promise of marriage under Section 69 BNS
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The Allahabad High Court has held that criminal proceedings under Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, alleging sexual relations on

FIR Against TV Channel Executives
Case BriefsHigh Courts

No specific allegation was made that the petitioners, who were not members of a scheduled caste or scheduled tribe, had intentionally undertaken an act to insult, intimidate or humiliate the first informant, who is a member of the scheduled caste.