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Madras High Court:\u00a0<\/strong>R. Pongiappan, J., addressed the Criminal Original Petition seeking to quash the First Information Report of first respondent police as the same was alleged to be illegal.<\/p>\n

The instant petition was filed to quash the FIR. The said FIR was registered for the offences punishable under Sections 294(b), 323, 324, 506(1) and Section 4 of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 2002.<\/span><\/p>\n

Petitioner Counsel submitted that petitioner 1 is the husband of the second respondent. Petitioner 1 had filed the original petition under Section 13(1)(1-b) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 to seek dissolution of marriage. The said petition has been pending for commencement of trial.<\/p>\n

In view of the above circumstances, to threaten the petitioners, respondent 2 lodged a false complaint and first respondent police without making my enquiry registered a case.<\/p>\n

Analysis and Decision<\/span><\/h3>\n

Bench first and foremost referred to the Supreme Court decision on\u00a0Kamal Shivaji Pokarnekar v. State of Maharashtra, <\/em>(2019) 14 SCC 350<\/a>, wherein it was held that:<\/p>\n

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“5. Quashing the criminal proceedings is called for only in a case where the complaint does not disclose any offence, or is frivolous, vexatious, or oppressive. If the allegations set out in the complaint do not constitute the offence of which cognizance has been taken by the Magistrate, it is open to the High Court to quash the same. It is not necessary that a meticulous analysis of the case should be done before the Trial to find out whether the case would end in conviction or acquittal. If it appears on a reading of the complaint and consideration of the allegations therein, in the light of the statement made on oath that the ingredients of the offence are Sonu Gupta v. Deepak Gupta, <\/span><\/em>(2015) 3 SCC 424<\/span><\/a>. disclosed, there would be no justification for the High Court to interfere.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Bench on perusal of the facts of the case found that the averments made in the FIR clearly constituted the prima facie case for offences under Sections 294(b), 323, 324, 506(1) and Section 4 of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 2002,<\/span><\/p>\n

Court further relied on the Supreme Court decision in CBI v. A. Ravishankar Prasad<\/em>, (2009) 6 SCC 351<\/a>, wherein it was held that:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Inherent powers of High Court under Section 482 CrPC are meant to act ex debito justitiae to do real and substantial justice, for the administration of which alone it exists, or to prevent abuse of the process of the court. These inherent powers can be exercised in the following category of cases: (i) to give effect to an order under the Code; (ii) to prevent abuse of the process of court; and (iii) to otherwise secure the ends of justice. Extraordinary power under Section 482 CrPC should be exercised sparingly and with great care and caution.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Hence, relying on the above-stated decisions, the Court expressed that:<\/p>\n

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“…only in the circumstances that registration of case itself is an abuse of process of law, inherent powers can be exercised to prevent abuse of process of law.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Petitioners in the instant case could not prove that the registration of the FIR was an abuse of process of law, therefore, Criminal Original Petition was dismissed. [Karunamoorthi v. State, 2020 SCC OnLine Mad 6026<\/b><\/a>, decided on 02-12-2020]<\/p>\n

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Advocates for the parties:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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For Petitioners: W. Camyles Gandhi<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For Respondent 1: S.Karthikeyan Additional Public Prosecutor<\/span><\/p>\n

For Respondent 2: K.Vasanthanayagan<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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