Quashing of Malafide FIRs Under Inherent Powers of High Courts

Under Section 482 of the CrPC / Section 528 of the BNSS, the High Court possesses inherent powers to prevent the abuse of the process of any court and to secure the ends of justice.

Landmark Principles for FIR Quashing

In the seminal judgment of State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal, the Supreme Court laid down classic categories where FIRs ought to be quashed:

1. Where allegations in the FIR, even if taken at face value, do not constitute any offense.
2. Where allegations are absurd or inherently improbable.
3. Where criminal proceedings are manifestly attended with malafide or instituted with an ulterior motive of vengeance.

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