Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 939 · Decided 21 August 2019
Pramod Suryabhan Pawar v. The State of Maharashtra & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 939 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 423
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1165/2019
- Decided
- 21 August 2019
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, INDIRA BANERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 375, 376, 417, 504, 3(1)(u); CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 - Inherent powers of court - Scope of exercise - Held: Under s.482, the inherent jurisdiction of the court can be exercised (i) to give effect to an order under the CrPC; (ii) to prevent the abuse of the process of the court; and (iii) the ends of justice - The court should be guarded in the use of its extraordinary jurisdiction to quash an FIR or criminal proceeding as it denies the prosecution the opportunity to establish its case through investigation and evidence - In deciding whether to exercise its jurisdiction
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