Supreme Court of India
Deepak Kumar Shrivas & Anr v. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that such criminal prosecution should not be allowed to continue where the object to lodge the FIR is not for criminal prosecution and for punishing the offender for the offence committed but for recovery of money under coercion and pressure and also for all the other reasons stipulated above.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration Parties levelled counter-allegations against each other of having extracted money for securing job for their relatives. High Court whether justified in dismissing the writ petition of the appellant for quashing the criminal proceedings against him. Headnotes Quashing – Parties made allegations against each other of taking money for providing a job – Respondent no.6 filed FIR against the appellant – High Court dismissed the writ petition filed by the appellant for quashing the criminal proceedings – Correctness: Held: In the complaint made by the appellant in 2021 an
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