Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 596 · Decided 7 December 2005
State of Orissa and ANR. v. Saroj Kumar Sahoo
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 596 · [2005] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 548
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 920/2003
- Decided
- 7 December 2005
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, TARUN CHATTERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482; Constitution
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Section 482-lnherent powers of High Court-Single Judge of High C Court quashed FIR in a case against accused during investigation holding that ingredients of the offences alleged were not in existence-Correctness of-Held: Exercise of the power under S. 482 is the jurisdiction may be exercised, namely, (i) to give affect to an order under the Cr.P.C., (ii) D to prevent abuse of the process of court and (iii) to otherwise secure the ends of justice-S. 482 is not an instrument handed over to an accused to short­ circuit a prosecution and bring about its
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