Criminal Law - Quashing of Proceedings - Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 - Section 528 - Civil dispute disguised as criminal - Petitioners challenged proceedings in C.C. No. 186 of 2025 originating from partnership disputes over M/s. Sri Raghavendra Rice Mill - De facto complainant alleged failure to restore operational control and demolition of machinery - Investigation revealed demolitio...
Criminal Law - Quashing of FIR - Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 - Section 528 - Allegations of misappropriation and forgery - Petitioners/Accused Nos. 2 to 4 sought to quash FIR No. 52 of 2026 registered for offences under Sections 420- 406- 467- 468- 471 and 120B r/w 34 IPC - Complainant alleged that the CEO of the partnership firm and the petitioners acting as agents for land procuremen...
Criminal Law - Vicarious Liability of Directors - Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 - Sections 138 and 141 - Quashing of prosecution - Accused company OSIA Hyper Retail Limited entered into sale and purchase agreement with complainant for supply of agricultural produce - Cheques issued for discharge of liability were dishonoured for insufficient funds - Complainant initiated five cases against the c...
Criminal Law - Quashing of FIR - Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 - Section 528 - Sections 85, 296, 351(2), 115(2), 3(5) and 351(3) BNS - Petitioners husband and his relatives sought quashing of FIR and criminal proceedings for offences relating to matrimonial cruelty and dowry harassment - Marriage solemnized in 2020 followed by allegations of physical and mental torture - wife alleged she...
Criminal Law - Quashing of FIR - Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 482 - Civil Dispute Cloaked as Criminal - Applicants challenged FIR C.R. M.Case No. 1 of 2014 alleging forgery of a Partition Deed dated 10.12.2002 and a Section 135D revenue notice dated 04.07.2003 - Dispute concerned ancestral joint family property in Surat following the intestate death of the complainant’s father i...
Criminal Law - Quashing of Proceedings - Indian Penal Code 1860 - Sections 188 and 341 - Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 195(1)(a) - Petitioner-accused No. 2 sought quashing of criminal proceedings arising from a political roadshow during the 2019 Huzurnagar bye-elections - Allegations involved conducting a large-scale roadshow with 10000 supporters and 500 vehicles causing traffic obstr...
Criminal Law - FIR Quashing - Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 - Sections 64 70(2) and 61(2)(a) - Statutory rape under guise of halala - Petitioner Tayyab challenged an FIR alleging rape and gang rape orchestrated under the veil of religious rituals - Prosecutrix was allegedly forced into marriage at age 15 in 2015 followed by a Triple Talaq in early 2016 - Forced halala was performed with a co-accuse...
Criminal Law - Quashing of FIR - Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 - Section 298 - Hurting Religious Sentiments - Petitioner an issueless bank manager dressed her pet dog as Lord Krishna using a crown and yellow cloth and posted the image as a WhatsApp status on Janmashtami - FIR registered based on a complaint by a youth leader alleging desecration - Court analyzed the statutory requirements of actus ...
Criminal Law - Quashing of FIR - Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 - Section 528 - Inherent powers of High Court - Petitioners sought quashing of FIR No. 0031/2025 registered at Police Station Panzalla under Sections 87 and 49 BNS - Petitioner No. 1 an adult woman alleged that her family forced her into a marriage with Danish Khan against her will - She claimed she escaped from Kashmir to De...
Criminal Law - Quashing of FIR - Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 - Section 528 - Forgery and Conspiracy - Petitioners sought quashing of FIR registered for offences under BNS involving alleged forgery of signatures of shareholders on a Special Power of Attorney used in NCLT proceedings - Petitioners contended that the complaint was malafide and filed at a remote location to cause harassmen...