https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299752 The SC held that inherent power under section 482 CrPC must be used sparingly and only to prevent abuse of process. A complaint must be read as a whole, and if its allegations, taken at face value with the complainant's statement, disclose the ingredients of an offence, criminal proceedings should not be quashed unless the complaint is frivolous, vexatious, mala fide, or otherwise incapable of disclosing an offence. The High Court erred by testing probabilities and the likelihood of conviction at the threshold. The complaint disclosed cognizable offences, so the quashing order was set aside and the Magistrate's proceedings restored. en-us Wed, 15 Nov 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 28 Dec 2021 12:11:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299752 The SC held that inherent power under section 482 CrPC must be used sparingly and only to prevent abuse of process. A complaint must be read as a whole, and if its allegations, taken at face value with the complainant's statement, disclose the ingredients of an offence, criminal proceedings should not be quashed unless the complaint is frivolous, vexatious, mala fide, or otherwise incapable of disclosing an offence. The High Court erred by testing probabilities and the likelihood of conviction at the threshold. The complaint disclosed cognizable offences, so the quashing order was set aside and the Magistrate's proceedings restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 15 Nov 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299752