If the parties have compromised and settled the matter amongst themselves in the given facts and circumstances then the courts have the power to quash the complaint otherwise it will cause a prejudicial effect on the accused and would lead to grave injustice to the accused.
The Petition was filed by Advocate Ramesh Naik L , under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure alleging that Ranaut has posted a message from her Twitter account on September 21, 2020.
Since the petitioner refused to marry the prosecutrix, she filed a complaint before the police. On the basis of this complaint, the police registered the FIR for the offence under Section 376 IPC and arrested the petitioner.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar Pandey said that the FIR has been lodged for propagating fake and misleading news regarding the incident.
The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR registered against Swedish nationals under Section 498A by a woman while stating that the impugned FIR is without jurisdiction, unlawful, malafide, malicious and an evident act of personal vengeance and grudge.
The Court passed its order on the plea filed by Harsh Mander seeking arrest and registration of FIR against BJP leader Kapil Mishra. Delhi court DCP Kapil Mishra FIR Harsh Mander BJP North East Delhi riots Anti-CAA protest
The Uttar Pradesh Police has registered an FIR against The Wire‘s founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan for tweeting about a story on The Wire in which the family of a deceased farmer who died during the tractor rally claimed that he was shot dead by police.