section 482 crpc

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Del HC | Ss. 143-147 NI Act lay down Special Code for trial, recourse to S. 482 CrPC as a substitute for initiating second revision petition denied

Delhi High Court: Rajnish Bhatnagar, J., dismissed a petition filed against the order of the Sessions Court whereby it had dismissed the review

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Ker HC | No bar to simultaneous continuance of a criminal proceeding and a civil proceeding, if the two arise from separate causes of action

Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J. dismissed a petition praying for quashing the criminal proceedings against the petitioner initiated under Section

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All HC | It is the duty of media to expose the government and its functionaries, for proper functioning of democratic machinery 

Allahabad High Court: Dinesh Kumar Singh, J. was hearing a petition filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter

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Sikk HC | Criminal proceedings initiated under Ss. 186, 290 and 353 of IPC found non-heinous and quashed, as parties entered into a compromise

Sikkim High Court: Arup Kumar Goswami, CJ. quashed a criminal case under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. In

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Utt HC | Jurisdiction under S. 482 CrPC should not be exercised to stifle or scuttle the legitimate prosecution

Uttaranchal High Court: Lok Pal Singh, J., addressed an application that sought to quash criminal proceedings under Sections 420, 468, 471 of

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Del HC | Quashing of FIR in a heinous and serious case of rape denied even where accused subsequently married the victim

Delhi High Court: Brijesh Sethi, J., while stating that, “Rape not only causes serious injury to a woman’s body, her honour and

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All HC | Entertaining petitions under S. 482 at interlocutory stage filed with oblique motive to circumvent prescribed procedure results in miscarriage of justice

Allahabad High Court: Ram Krishna Gautam, J., dismissed this Application moved under Section 482 CrPC for being devoid of merits. Counsel for

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All HC | Evidences gathered by Investigating Officer cannot be looked under Inherent powers; Consent for sexual intercourse on promise to marry, held to be subject matter of evidence

Allahabad High Court: Applicant filed an application under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code which was contemplated by Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.

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All HC | Inherent power under S. 482 CrPC to be sparingly used, can’t be put in straight jacket formula

Allahabad High Court: Rekha Dikshit, J. while disposing of this petition granted petitioners time to surrender and apply for bail so that

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HP HC | FIR or complaint can be quashed under S. 482 CrPC to meet ends of justice, even in non-compoundable offences

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Chander Bhusan Barowalia, J. entertained a writ petition filed under Section 482 of CrPC for quashing FIR registered

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HP HC | Courts must have due regard to nature and gravity of the crime when dealing with compounding of offence through inherent powers

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Vivek Singh Thakur, J. contemplated a petition filed under Section 482 of CrPC, where the petitioner arrived at

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All HC | Offender and victim in a matrimonial dispute, may be allowed to compound offences in terms of settlement

Allahabad High Court: Sanjay Kumar Singh, J. while allowing the application under Section 482 CrPC observed that even the law provides that

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HP HC | S. 311 CrPC not limited only for benefit of accused; Held, Court is not barred to summon witness merely because evidence supports prosecution case

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Anoop Chitkara, J. entertained a criminal revision petition filed under Section 482 CrPC for quashing of the order

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Ker HC | Criminal proceedings initiated for non-compoundable offences can be quashed by invoking power under S. 482 CrPC

Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pishardi, J. allowed a petition seeking the quashing of prosecution proceedings in view of the settlement of

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Utt HC | Inherent power is of wide plenitude with no statutory limitation but it has to be exercised in accord with the guideline engrafted

Uttaranchal High Court: N.S. Dhanik, J. entertained a Criminal miscellaneous application filed under Section 482 CrPC, where the petitioner had prayed for

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Ker HC | Mens rea on part of accused needed to initiate a proceeding for abetment of suicide – bank official denying education loan to student cannot be said to abet her suicide

Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J. allowed a petition filed by bank official praying for quashing proceedings initiated against him for

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P&H HC | Compromise between parties in criminal cases can be allowed where there is no adverse impact of dispute to society

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajbir Sehrawat, J. quashed the FIR after the parties entered into the compromise as same was held

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All HC | Special Judge, SC/ST Act, held to have committed no illegality in passing summoning order under S. 204 of CrPC

Allahabad High Court: Rekha Dikshit, J. while disposing of this petition directed the lower court to consider the bail application (if moved

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Ker HC | Service of notice of demand for the cheque amount is condition precedent for filing a complaint about offence under S. 138 of NI Act

Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J. dismissed a petition seeking to quash a complaint filed under Section 142 of the Negotiable

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Mad HC | Third Party has no locus standi to prosecute criminal proceedings; petition by a forum in regard of judicial death of prisoner dismissed

Madras High Court: N. Anand Venkatesh, J. dismissed a petition filed by Prisoners Right Forum against the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate