Category: Cr P C

The High Court can exercise its inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 CrPC to quash proceedings emanating from an application under Section 12(1) of the DV Act, 2005, but with caution and circumspection, intervening only in cases of gross illegality or abuse of process, as the proceedings are predominantly civil in nature and consequences are distinct from criminal prosecution.

2025 INSC 734 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SHAURABH KUMAR TRIPATHI Vs. VIDHI RAWAL ( Before : Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal No. 2688…

An FIR registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act and S. 120-B IPC concerning a decades-old land transaction was rightly quashed under S. 482 Cr.P.C. against the Managing Director of the beneficiary cooperative society where the allegations amounted merely to a “bland allegation of connivance” with state officials, without specifying his role in the alleged criminal conspiracy or corruption, and where no personal benefit was alleged to have accrued to him.

2025 INSC 461 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR Vs. BRIJ BHUSHAN ( Before : Sudhanshu Dhulia and K. Vinod Chandran, JJ. ) Special…

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Nature and Scope — Power to grant anticipatory bail under S. 438 is an extraordinary power to be exercised sparingly and only in exceptional cases, not as a matter of routine — Its object is to protect individuals from harassment or humiliation, but this must be balanced against the larger societal interest in maintaining law and order and ensuring the proper course of justice.

2025 INSC 477 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SERIOUS FRAUD INVESTIGATION OFFICE Vs. ADITYA SARDA ( Before : Bela M. Trivedi and Prasanna B. Varale, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal…