https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296112 Inherent power to quash cannot ordinarily be used to terminate non-compoundable offences involving public interest merely because the parties have settled, so compromise did not justify quashing the Dowry Prohibition Act allegations. The FIR did not disclose the essential ingredients of Section 493 IPC because it lacked any averment of deceit inducing the woman to believe she was lawfully married, so that charge was quashed. By contrast, the FIR specifically alleged a demand for dowry, which prima facie satisfied Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, so those proceedings were allowed to continue. en-us Mon, 10 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:24:32 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296112 Inherent power to quash cannot ordinarily be used to terminate non-compoundable offences involving public interest merely because the parties have settled, so compromise did not justify quashing the Dowry Prohibition Act allegations. The FIR did not disclose the essential ingredients of Section 493 IPC because it lacked any averment of deceit inducing the woman to believe she was lawfully married, so that charge was quashed. By contrast, the FIR specifically alleged a demand for dowry, which prima facie satisfied Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, so those proceedings were allowed to continue. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 10 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296112