CrPC 482 – Criminal Proceeding Quashed Archives - Shades of Knife

Ishwar Chand Sharma and Ors Vs State of U.P. on 29 May 2026

ShadesOfKnife — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:57:10 +0000

A division bench of Apex Court passed this reportable judgment. From Para 10.2, 10.2 It is pertinent to underscore the important role played by the legal fraternity in bringing down the overall pendency of the cases in the Family Courts and criminal cases which are an adjunct to matrimonial disputes by weeding out unimportant […]

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Deep Dey Vs State of West Bengal and Anr on 6 Mar 2026

Suprajaa Rajan — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:08:35 +0000

Calcutta High Court: Stamp Paper Marriage Has No Legal Validity; Bigamy Case Quashed A single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court held that a marriage executed only through an agreement on stamp paper has no legal recognition under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The complainant claimed that she married the petitioner through a written agreement on […]

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Abuzar Ahmed and Ors Vs State of Karnataka and Anr on 8 Jan 2026

ShadesOfKnife — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:11:40 +0000

The High Court of Karnataka quashed criminal proceedings initiated under Section 498A and Section 504 of the IPC, read with Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The Court examined the complaint in detail. It found that the allegations described routine marital disagreements. They did not disclose grave cruelty or a specific […]

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Sanjay D Jain and Ors Vs State of Maharashtra and Ors on 26 Sep 2025

ShadesOfKnife — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 14:31:22 +0000

A full bench of Apex Court ruled that none of the offences in the FIR were made out against the Petitioners. From Paras 8-12, 8. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and having perused the FIR dated 06.02.2022 as well as the final report, we are of the considered opinion that the criminal […]

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Raj Kamal Yadav and Anr Vs Manju Yadav and Other on 7 Aug 2025

ShadesOfKnife — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 18:46:48 +0000

A single Judge of Delhi High Court held as follows, From Para 15, 15. First and foremost, it may be noted that the allegation of “arm twisting” the respondent by the petitioners is a fine piece of irony. In fact, if anyone is twisting arms here, it is the respondent herself. Of course, not in […]

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Shivendra Pratap Singh Thakur Vs State of Chhattisgarh and Ors on 15 May 2024

ShadesOfKnife — Tue, 13 May 2025 06:16:22 +0000

A Full Bench of Apex Court held that, FIR which was lodged after 39 days of the incident, does not indicate the date or time so this is a fit case warranting exercise of powers conferred upon this Court under Article 142 of the Constitution of India so as to quash the proceedings of the […]

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Mr xxxx Bhat Vs State of Karnataka and Ms xxxx Rao on 28 Jun 2024

ShadesOfKnife — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:05:17 +0000

A single judge of Karnataka High Court (Bengaluru Bench) held that the husband may initiate perjury proceedings against the knife, if he desires so. From Para 7, A perusal at the complaint would indicate that the complainant laid emphasis upon infections of the husband on his genital areas which resembled as STD. Therefore, the husband […]

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Rajan and Anr Vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Anr on 17 Aug 2023

ShadesOfKnife — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 15:42:05 +0000

A single judge at Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court highlighted the Legal terrorism aspect of 498A IPC cases. From Paras 10 to 12, 10. Nowadays the very purpose of the insertion of Section 498-A in the Penal Code, 1860 with the object to punish the husband or his relatives, has been defined. In […]

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Dr. Rini Johar and Anr Vs State of MP and Ors on 03 Jun 2016

ShadesOfKnife — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 05:13:35 +0000

A division bench of Supreme Court granted compensation to victims of police harassment, while quashing the criminal proceedings. From Para 27, 27. In the case at hand, there has been violation of Article 21 and the petitioners were compelled to face humiliation. They have been treated with an attitude of insensibility. Not only there are […]

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Anil Kumar and 2 Ors Vs State of A.P. and Anr on 3 Apr 2019

ShadesOfKnife — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 20:21:40 +0000

Justice B. Siva Sankar Rao trashed the falsely-laid proceedings of Dowry and 498A IPC against the family members as there were no specific allegations made up on them and no supporting evidence collected by the Police. 6. There is no record even shown from the police charge sheet by collecting from father of de facto […]

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