Supreme Court of India
Rajendra Bhagat v. State of Jharkhand & Anr.
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We hold that the High Court in exercise of its inherent powers can quash criminal proceedings or FIR or complaint and Section 320 of the Code does not limit or affect the powers under Section 482 of the Code.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 498A – Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty – Conviction of the appe llant- husband u/s 498A and imposition of simple imprisonment for three years – Few years later, appellant and his wife ent ered into a settlement, resolved all their disputes and are lea ding a happy conjugal life – High Court took note of the settlement, and r educed the sentence to the period of imprisonment already undergone, however, upheld the conviction u/s 498A – On appeal, held: Tak ing note of the terms of settlement which include the undertakin g of the appellant
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