Supreme Court of India

Jaswant Singh v. State of Punjab & Anr.

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Reported as [2021] 6 S.C.R. 1100
Bench Dinesh Maheshwari and Vikram Nath JJ.
Decided 20 October 2021

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.482 – High Cou rt declined to exercise its powers u/s.482 CrPC to qua sh criminal proceedings arising out of FIR u/ss.406 and 420 of IPC – Prop riety – Held: The power u/s.482 CrPC is to be exercised to p revent the abuse of process of any Court and also to secure the ends o f justice – Inherent powers should be exercised in a given an d deserving case where the Court is satisfied that exercise of such powe r would either prevent abuse of such power or such exercise would result in securing the ends of justice – It is clear from the facts of the present

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