News Karnataka High Court holds “criminal law cannot be invoked to settle commercial and contractual disputes” — FIR against film actor quashed for absence of criminal intent RawlawDecember 13, 20254 min read
News Gujarat High Court holds “criminal prosecution cannot continue where statutory authorities themselves find no offence” — FIR against pharmaceutical company quashed after Drugs Act proceedings failed RawlawDecember 13, 20254 min read
News Bombay High Court “criminal law cannot be used to convert civil land disputes into penal proceedings” — FIR alleging cheating and forgery quashed as abuse of process RawlawDecember 11, 20255 min read
News Bombay High Court “quashing is not a mini trial” — FIR alleging assault on advocate after court proceedings allowed to stand, accused directed to seek discharge before trial court RawlawDecember 11, 20256 min read
News Karnataka High Court holds that “criminal law cannot be used to rewrite consensual intimacy as rape” — Court quashes Section 64 BNS FIR after finding no ingredients of non-consensual sexual assault RawlawNovember 28, 20256 min read
News Delhi High Court quashes FIR in molestation-and-wrongful-restraint case — “continuing prosecution after voluntary settlement would be abuse of process” RawlawNovember 21, 20256 min read
News Kerala High Court holds that “investigation cannot be capitulated to settle personal animosities” — Court quashes proceedings invoking its inherent power to prevent abuse of criminal law machinery RawlawNovember 15, 20256 min read
News Kerala High Court rules that “further investigation is unwarranted when the case is ripe for trial and remedies exist before the trial court” — Court declines request for reinvestigation and directs State Police Chief to implement procedural safeguards for victims RawlawNovember 10, 20256 min read
News ‘No Useful Purpose Served in Continuing Criminal Proceedings’: Delhi High Court Ends FIR After Full Settlement RawlawNovember 8, 20256 min read
News SUPREME COURT: “Mere Refusal to Marry Is Not Instigation”: Powerful Judgment Quashing Suicide-Abetment FIR After Love Affair Turns Tragic RawlawNovember 8, 20255 min read
