Supreme Court of India
Kamaladevi Agarwal v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Section 482-Inherent powers of High Court-Quashing the proceeding at initial stage should be exercised sparingly.;_Could be exercised only where the allegations do not prima facie disclose the commission of an offence Criminal pros_ecution cannot be thwarted at the initial stage-merely because civil proceedings are also pending-Nature and scope of civil and criminal proceeding and standard of proof required is different and distinct-Criminal cases have to be proceeded with in accordance with the procedure as pre scribed under the code of criminal procedure
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