Supreme Court of India
State of Karnataka v. M. Devendrappa and Anr.
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Code of Criminal Procedure, I 973. Section 482-lnherent Powers of ltigh Court-Quashing of proceedings Exercise of-Held, should be exercised sparingly when the complaint does not disclose any offence or is frivolous, vexatious, oppressive or malafide---No meticulous analysis of case necessary-Prime facie decision should normally be avoided where facts are incomplete and hazy-No hard and fast rule can be laid down which would govern exercise of inherent jurisdiction-Under the facts, quashing of proceedings set aside. Prosecution alleged that fake bank guarantees signed by respondent No. 2
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Raghunath Sharma & Ors. v. State of Haryana & Anr.
- 2023 Sri Gulam Mustafa v. The State of Karnataka & Anr.
- 2020 Ahmad Ali Quraishi and Anr. v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
- 2018 Dr. Dhruvaram Murlidhar Sonar v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
- 2021 Mitesh Kumar J. Sha v. The State of Karnataka & Ors.
- 2017 Vineet Kumar & Ors. v. State of U.P. & Anr.
- 2012 Gian Singh v. State of Punjab & Another
Of those, 4 relied on · 3 referred to
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