Supreme Court of India
The State of Chattisgarh & Anr v. Aman Kumar Singh & Ors. Etc. Etc
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What the Court ordered
For the foregoing reasons, we have no option but to hold that there are no cogent grounds for quashing the FIR in the present case even on the ground of mala fide.
Judgment, page 30
From the headnote
Constitution of India – Art.226 – Prevention of Cor ruption Act, 1988 – ss.13(1)(b), (2) – FIR registered against on e ‘AS’ and his wife ‘YS’ – FIR quashed by High Court – Justificatio n of – Held: In the present case, FIR does make out a case of cognizable offence having been committed by ‘AS’ and ‘YS’ – Power of q uashing a criminal proceeding should be exercised very sparin gly and with circumspection and that too in the rarest of rare cases – Whene ver its powers are invoked either u/Art.226 or s.482, CrPC for quas hing an FIR/complaint, the Courts would not be justified in embarking upon
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