Supreme Court of India

Ahmad Ali Quraishi and Anr. v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.

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Reported as [2020] 1 S.C.R. 170
Bench Ashok Bhushan and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 30 January 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussions, we are of the view that in permitting Criminal proceedings against the appellant shall be permitting a criminal proceeding which has been maliciously instituted with ulterior motives, permitting such criminal proceeding to go on is nothing but the abuse of the procees of the Court which needs to be interfered b y this Court.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.482 – Inherent power of High Court – Appellants-accused and respondent n o.2- complainant belong to same family and are neighbours – In 2015 , father of the accused filed suit against the complainant for partition of properties which led to several altercations among t he parties – On 29.08.16, complainant filed application u/s.156( 3), CrPC alleging that on 19.07.16 when his daughters had gone to public hand pump outside their house for fetching water, t he accused persons indulged in indecent gestures towards them a nd had also beaten them – It was

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