{"id":289347,"date":"2023-04-12T17:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T11:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=289347"},"modified":"2023-04-13T16:26:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T10:56:56","slug":"at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"High Courts have very limited jurisdiction at the stage of discharge or while exercising its powers under S.482 CrPC: Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 document.title = 'SC explains limited powers of High Court under Section 482 of CrPC and Article 226 of Constitution | SCC Blog'\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 document.querySelector('meta[name=\"description\"]').setAttribute(\"content\", \"Supreme Court explained the limited powers of High Court under Section 482 of CrPC and Article 226 of Constitution of India for quashing and discharge.\");\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><b>Supreme Court:<\/b> In a criminal appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (&#8216;CBI&#8217;) against the judgment and order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, wherein the Court has quashed the criminal proceedings for offences under Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">452<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">323<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">365<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">342<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">186<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">225<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561860\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">506<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">120-B<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> (&#8216;IPC&#8217;), the division bench of <b>MR Shah<\/b>* and CT Ravikumar, JJ. has held that the High Court has exceeded in its jurisdiction in quashing the entire criminal proceedings, and while applying the law laid down by in catena of decisions on exercise of the powers at the stage of discharge and\/or quashing the criminal proceedings, set aside the impugned judgment and order quashing the criminal proceedings against the accused.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court opined that the High Court has exceeded in its jurisdiction in quashing the entire criminal proceedings in exercise of the limited powers under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">482<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Code of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973<\/a> and\/or in exercise of the powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">After perusing the impugned common judgment and order passed by the High Court, the Court said that the High Court has dealt with the proceedings before it, as if, the High Court was conducting a mini trial and\/or the High Court was considering the applications against the judgment and order passed by the Trial Court on conclusion of trial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Bench said that as per the cardinal principle of law, at the stage of discharge and\/or quashing of the criminal proceedings, while exercising the powers under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">482<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CrPC<\/a>, the Court is not required to conduct the mini trial. The High Court in the impugned judgment and order has observed that the charges against the accused are not proved. This is not the stage where the prosecution \/ investigating agency is required to prove the charges. The charges are required to be proved during the trial on the basis of the evidence led by the prosecution \/ investigating agency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Therefore, the Court held that the High Court has materially erred in going in detail in the allegations and the material collected during the course of the investigation against the accused, at this stage. As, at the stage of discharge and\/or while exercising the powers under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">482<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CrPC<\/a>, the Court has a very limited jurisdiction and is required to consider &#8220;<i>whether any sufficient material is available to proceed further against the accused for which the accused is required to be tried or not<\/i>&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court noted that the investigation was handed over to the CBI pursuant to the directions issued by the High Court. Thereafter, on conclusion of the investigation, the accused persons have been charge sheeted. Therefore, the Bench said that the High Court has erred in observing at this stage that the initiation of the criminal proceedings is malicious, as whether the criminal proceedings were malicious or not, is not required to be considered at this stage. The same is required to be considered at the conclusion of the trial. Further, it said that at this stage what is required to be considered is a prima facie case and the material collected during the investigation, which warranted the accused to be tried.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">Central Bureau of Investigation v Aryan Singh, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/0CIDgMy4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 SCC OnLine SC 379<\/a>, decided on 10-04-2023<\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">*Judgment authored by: Justice MR Shah<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vkyW3IzjzI\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/05\/16\/know-thy-judge-justice-m-r-shah\/\">Know Thy Judge | Justice M. R. Shah<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Know Thy Judge | Justice M. R. Shah&#8221; &#8212; SCC Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/05\/16\/know-thy-judge-justice-m-r-shah\/embed\/#?secret=0D9PU4OIzK#?secret=vkyW3IzjzI\" data-secret=\"vkyW3IzjzI\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><i>The Supreme Court held that Punjab &amp; Haryana High Court has exceeded in its jurisdiction in quashing the entire criminal proceedings in exercise of the limited powers under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">482<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CrPC<\/a> and\/or in exercise of the powers under Article 226 of the Constitution<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67512,"featured_media":289350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[10481,34698,9091,2551,13021,5363],"class_list":["post-289347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-supremecourt","tag-cbi","tag-central-bureau-of-investigation","tag-criminal-proceedings","tag-Punjab_and_Haryana_High_Court","tag-section-482-crpc","tag-supreme-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>High Courts have very limited jurisdiction at the stage of discharge or while exercising its powers under S.482 CrPC: Supreme Court | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a criminal appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (\u2018CBI\u2019) against the judgment and order passed by the Punjab and Haryana HC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"High Courts have very limited jurisdiction at the stage of discharge or while exercising its powers under S.482 CrPC: Supreme Court\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a criminal appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (\u2018CBI\u2019) against the judgment and order passed by the Punjab and Haryana HC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-12T11:30:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-13T10:56:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1105.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"886\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"590\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Apoorva\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Apoorva\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/\",\"name\":\"High Courts have very limited jurisdiction at the stage of discharge or while exercising its powers under S.482 CrPC: Supreme Court | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1105.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-12T11:30:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-13T10:56:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/288d814d0864b57168e08daa1940a1c9\"},\"description\":\"In a criminal appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (\u2018CBI\u2019) against the judgment and order passed by the Punjab and Haryana HC\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1105.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1105.png\",\"width\":886,\"height\":590,\"caption\":\"Powers of High Court under Section 482 of CrPC\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"High Courts have very limited jurisdiction at the stage of discharge or while exercising its powers under S.482 CrPC: Supreme Court\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/288d814d0864b57168e08daa1940a1c9\",\"name\":\"Apoorva\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/549edb3ed2c7046a0c504583cf71db32c50251c1260a6331b2cc2973e80b0e91?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/549edb3ed2c7046a0c504583cf71db32c50251c1260a6331b2cc2973e80b0e91?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Apoorva\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/scc-editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"High Courts have very limited jurisdiction at the stage of discharge or while exercising its powers under S.482 CrPC: Supreme Court | SCC Times","description":"In a criminal appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (\u2018CBI\u2019) against the judgment and order passed by the Punjab and Haryana HC","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"High Courts have very limited jurisdiction at the stage of discharge or while exercising its powers under S.482 CrPC: Supreme Court","og_description":"In a criminal appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (\u2018CBI\u2019) against the judgment and order passed by the Punjab and Haryana HC","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2023-04-12T11:30:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-04-13T10:56:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":886,"height":590,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1105.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Apoorva","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Apoorva","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/","name":"High Courts have very limited jurisdiction at the stage of discharge or while exercising its powers under S.482 CrPC: Supreme Court | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1105.png","datePublished":"2023-04-12T11:30:39+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-13T10:56:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/288d814d0864b57168e08daa1940a1c9"},"description":"In a criminal appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (\u2018CBI\u2019) against the judgment and order passed by the Punjab and Haryana HC","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1105.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1105.png","width":886,"height":590,"caption":"Powers of High Court under Section 482 of CrPC"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/12\/at-the-stage-of-discharge-or-while-exercising-the-powers-under-s-482-crpc-high-court-has-very-limited-jurisdiction-supreme-court-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"High Courts have very limited jurisdiction at the stage of discharge or while exercising its powers under S.482 CrPC: Supreme Court"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/288d814d0864b57168e08daa1940a1c9","name":"Apoorva","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/549edb3ed2c7046a0c504583cf71db32c50251c1260a6331b2cc2973e80b0e91?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/549edb3ed2c7046a0c504583cf71db32c50251c1260a6331b2cc2973e80b0e91?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Apoorva"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/scc-editor\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1105.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":241875,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/01\/06\/hp-hc-inherent-powers-under-s-482-crpc-is-not-inhibited-by-s-320-crpc-and-fir-as-well-as-criminal-proceedings-can-be-quashed-by-exercising-the-same-hc-reiterates\/","url_meta":{"origin":289347,"position":0},"title":"HP HC | Inherent powers under S. 482 CrPC is not inhibited by S. 320 CrPC and FIR as well as criminal proceedings can be quashed by exercising the same; HC reiterates","author":"Editor","date":"January 6, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Himachal Pradesh High Court: \u00a0Vivek Singh Thakur, J., while exercising powers under Section 482 CrPC, allows the present petition,\u00a0 stating, \u201c\u2026 power of High Court under Section 482 CrPC is not inhibited by the provisions of Section 320 CrPC and FIR as well as criminal proceedings can be quashed by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Himachal-HC_1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Himachal-HC_1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Himachal-HC_1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Himachal-HC_1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Himachal-HC_1.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":244885,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/03\/02\/criminal-proceedings-cannot-be-permitted-to-degenerate-into-weapon-of-harassment-hcs-must-quash-frivolous-firs-supreme-court\/","url_meta":{"origin":289347,"position":1},"title":"Criminal proceedings cannot be permitted to degenerate into weapon of harassment; HCs must quash frivolous FIRs: Supreme Court","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"March 2, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C. and\/or under Article 226 of the Constitution is designed to achieve salutary purpose that criminal proceedings ought not to be permitted to degenerate into weapon of harassment.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sc-3-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sc-3-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sc-3-3.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sc-3-3.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sc-3-3.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":216723,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/07\/11\/ph-hc-no-illegality-in-quashing-proceedings-under-s-482-crpc-if-parties-enter-into-a-settlement-and-there-is-no-chance-of-conviction\/","url_meta":{"origin":289347,"position":2},"title":"P&#038;H HC | No illegality in quashing proceedings under S. 482 CrPC if parties enter into a settlement and there is no chance of conviction","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"July 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Punjab and Haryana High Court: Hari Pal Verma, J. quashed the criminal proceeding as there was a compromise signed between the parties. A petition was filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for quashing the FIR registered under Sections 406, 498-A of the Penal Code, 1860.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6357,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/10\/01\/high-courts-to-exercise-inherent-power-under-s-482-crpc-with-caution-in-commercial-litigations-appearing-to-be-civil-in-nature\/","url_meta":{"origin":289347,"position":3},"title":"High Courts to exercise inherent power under S. 482 CrPC with caution in commercial litigations appearing to be civil in nature","author":"Sucheta","date":"October 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: In a significant decision regarding the issue of exercise of inherent power of the High Courts under Section 482 CrPC to quash criminal proceedings in matters related to commercial disputes where the cases appear to have predominant civil nature but on perusal of facts reveals an innate criminal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Supreme Court&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Supreme Court","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/supremecourt\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scc-blog_Page_9.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":260230,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/01\/17\/settlement-terms-decided-by-mediation-and-conciliation-centre-can-be-the-reason-for-quashing-of-a-first-information-report-under-s-482-crpc\/","url_meta":{"origin":289347,"position":4},"title":"Settlement terms decided by Mediation and Conciliation Centre, can be the reason for quashing of an FIR under S. 482 CrPC: All HC","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"January 17, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Allahabad High Court: Rajeev Singh, J., reiterated that under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, an FIR i.e. First Information Report can be quashed in view of the settlement terms. Application under Section 482 CrPC was filed with a request that the matter may be referred to the Mediation\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":245339,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/03\/10\/in-what-circumstances-a-criminal-proceeding-be-quashed-supreme-court-yet-again-answers-the-hotly-debated-question-on-scope-of-exercise-of-hcs-power-under-section-482-crpc\/","url_meta":{"origin":289347,"position":5},"title":"In what circumstances can a criminal proceeding be quashed? Supreme Court yet again answers the &#8220;hotly debated&#8221; question on scope of exercise of HCs&#8217; power under Section 482 CrPC","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"March 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\"The exercise of inherent power of the High Court is an extraordinary power which has to be exercised with great care and circumspection before embarking to scrutinise the complaint\/FIR\/charge-sheet in deciding whether the case is the rarest of rare case, to scuttle the prosecution at its inception.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sc-3-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sc-3-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sc-3-3.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sc-3-3.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sc-3-3.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67512"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}