Criminal Appeal – Quashing of FIR and Proceedings – Dismissal of Criminal Revision Petition by High Court Challenged – Appellants seeking discharge from FIR No. 141/2010 under Sections 420, 468, 471 read with Section 34 IPC – Allegations of forging signatures on minor child’s passport application – FIR and proceedings against Appellants quashed. [Para 2, 39]
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FIR Quashing – Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) – Section 482 – Petition seeking quashing of FIR No. 171/2023 under IPC Sections 417/419/468/471/120B – Allegations of creating fake email and impersonation for filing false complaints – Petition dismissed, FIR not quashed. [Para 1, 27]
Complaints Against Government Officer – Alleged conspiracy and...
Criminal Procedure Code – Quashing of FIR – Petition under Section 482 CrPC – Kalandra under Section 182 IPC against petitioners (complainant and shadow witness in a bribery case) – Allegation of giving false information and resiling from initial statement – Competent authority denied sanction for prosecution – Kalandra and consequent proceedings quashed. [Paras...
Petition for Quashing Complaint and Proceedings – Section 482 Cr.P.C. – Petitioners challenging Complaint No.1368 of 2014 and related orders for alleged tax evasion under Sections 276C and 278B of the Income Tax Act, 1961 – Argument of petitioners centered on no evasion of tax, only delayed payment with interest [Paras 1, 10].
Facts of the Case – Assessment Year 2012-13 ...
Allegations of Sexual Assault and Subsequent Marriage – FIR against Maksood Ahmad alleging sexual assault under Section 376 IPC – Later marriage between the accused and the prosecutrix post FIR registration and religious conversion of the prosecutrix - Scrutiny of the marriage's validity and motives behind conversion and marriage. [Paras 1-3, 5, 60-62, 64-70, 112]
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Quashing of FIR – Section 306 IPC – Abetment of Suicide - Application under Article 226 and Section 482 CrPC for quashing FIR alleging abetment of suicide – FIR lodged by deceased's wife against applicant for harassment and pressurizing deceased, leading to his suicide – Allegations in FIR constituting cognizable offence under Section 306 IPC. [Paras 1, 2, 12]
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Quashing of Summoning Order - Non-Executive Independent Directors - The petitioners, being Non-Executive Independent Directors of HDIL, challenged the summoning orders issued against them in relation to dishonoured cheques. The court observed the necessity of proving the day-to-day involvement of these directors in the company's affairs for holding them liable under Section 138 of the NI Act. ...
Jurisdictional Challenge and Prayer for Quashing – Petitioner challenges the jurisdiction of the District Munsif cum Judicial Magistrate and the subsequent cognizance taken by the Special Court under the Electricity Act in the alleged electricity theft case – Seeks quashing of proceedings in Spl.C.C.No.3 of 2018 under Section 482 Cr.P.C. [Paras 5, 15-17]
Allegation of Elec...
Criminal Original Petition – Quashing of Proceedings – Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. to quash proceedings in C.C.No.81 of 2019 at the Judicial Magistrate, Bodinayakanur – Petitioner/sole accused seeking to quash the criminal case against him on grounds of being baseless and filed with malafide intent. [Para 1, 3]
Property Dispute and Criminal Allegations – Disput...
Quashing – PC Act - Tender Process and Alleged Misconduct – Petitioners, officials in port management, involved in tender process for manual dredging and sale of port sand in Kasaragod district – Alleged preferential treatment to unqualified co-operative societies – Allegations of criminal misconduct and conspiracy [Paras 2-3, 7, 22, 24-25].
Submission by Petitioners &nd...