Supreme Court of India

State of Orissa and Anr. v. Saroj Kumar Sahoo

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Reported as [2005] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 548

Bench Arijit Pasaya T and T Arun Chatterjee JJ.

Decided 7 December 2005

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Section 482-lnherent powers of High Court-Single Judge of High Court quashed FIR in a case against accused during investigation holding that ingredients of the offences alleged were not in existence-Correctness of-Held: Exercise of the power under S. 482 is the exception and not the rule-It envisages three circumstances under which the inherent jurisdiction may be exercised, namely, (i) to give affect to an order under the Cr.P. ., (ii) to prevent abuse of the process of court and (iii) to otherwise secure the ends of justice-S. 482 is not an instrument

Where later benches applied it

2021 Mahendra K C v. The State of Karnataka & Anr. relied on
2012 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Surendra Kori relied on
2011 Padal Venkata Rama Reddy @ Ramu v. Kowuri Satyanarayana Reddy and Ors. relied on
2020 Amish Devgan v. Union of India and Others referred to
2015 Sonu Gupta v. Deepak Gupta & Ors. referred to
2013 Arun Bhandari v. State of U.P. and Others referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 3 referred to

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