Supreme Court of India

Jaswant Singh v. State of Punjab & Anr.

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Bench Dinesh Maheshwari and Vikram Nath JJ.
Decided 20 October 2021

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.482 – High Court declined to exercise its powers u/s.482 CrPC to quash criminal proceedings arising out of FIR u/ss.406 and 420 of IPC – Propriety – Held: The power u/s.482 CrPC is to be exercised to prevent the abuse of process of any Court and also to secure the ends of justice – Inherent powers should be exercised in a given and deserving case where the Court is satisfied that exercise of such power would either prevent abuse of such power or such exercise would result in securing the ends of justice – It is clear from the facts of the present case that…

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