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Wife Lodging Multiple Criminal Cases - The wife can file multiple criminal cases against her husband, including charges like bigamy, cruelty, and fraud. Such cases often cause significant distress and can be linked to matrimonial disputes. Courts have recognized that filing numerous cases can be used to harass or cause mental distress to the accused. However, courts also emphasize that criminal proceedings should not be initiated or continued if the chances of conviction are bleak or if the cases are frivolous or motivated Talluri Nagamani Mary Mani VS Talluri Krishna - Andhra Pradesh, Bhaskar Das VS Smt. Renu Das - Gauhati.
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Quashing of Criminal Proceedings - Courts have the authority to quash criminal cases if they are found to be based on civil disputes, are frivolous, or lack sufficient grounds. The power to quash should be exercised sparingly and with caution, especially when prima facie cases are established. Many judgments highlight that criminal proceedings should not be used as a tool for harassment or to convert civil disputes into criminal cases Richa Dubey VS State of U. P. - Allahabad, Devaraj @ Koilpitchai Devaraj vs The Inspector of Police - Madras, Ravi Shankar VS State of U. P. - Allahabad, Akshay Singh @ Akshay Kumar VS State Of Bihar - Patna.
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Legal Principles and Limitations - The courts generally do not interfere at the threshold of criminal proceedings unless there is clear abuse of process or the cases are manifestly false or malicious. They recognize the importance of allowing trial courts to assess the evidence and determine the merit of cases. The courts also stress that criminal proceedings should not be initiated or continued if they serve no useful purpose or are based on false or exaggerated claims Richa Dubey VS State of U. P. - Allahabad, AP. Arya VS State of Jharkhand - Jharkhand.
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Impact of Multiple Cases on Parties - Filing multiple criminal cases, especially in matrimonial disputes, can lead to mental distress and harassment. Courts have observed that such cases, if baseless, should be quashed to prevent misuse of the criminal justice system. However, they also caution against dismissing cases prematurely if prima facie evidence exists Talluri Nagamani Mary Mani VS Talluri Krishna - Andhra Pradesh, Bhaskar Das VS Smt. Renu Das - Gauhati.
Analysis and Conclusion:
While wives are entitled to lodge criminal cases against their husbands, including multiple cases, courts maintain that such proceedings must be genuine, based on credible evidence, and not intended solely for harassment. The judiciary emphasizes the importance of balancing the right to seek justice with preventing abuse of criminal law. The power to quash cases exists but should be exercised cautiously, ensuring that only cases lacking merit or amounting to abuse are dismissed Richa Dubey VS State of U. P. - Allahabad, Devaraj @ Koilpitchai Devaraj vs The Inspector of Police - Madras, Akshay Singh @ Akshay Kumar VS State Of Bihar - Patna.
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2021 0 Supreme(All) 1165 • India - Allahabad
SHAMIM AHMED
establishes offence - Whether chances of ultimate conviction are bleak and no useful purpose is likely to be served by allowing criminal ... establishes offence and whether chances of ultimate conviction are bleak and no useful purpose is likely to be served by allowing criminal ... High Court would not embark upon an inquiry as it is function of the Trial Judge/Court - Interference at threshold of quashing of criminal ... The applicant has never misused mobile Sim card No. 7317771173 for any illegal purpose or any criminal#HL_E....
2019 0 Supreme(MP) 34 • India - Madhya Pradesh
VISHNU PRATAP SINGH CHAUHAN
Criminal P. ... That case is pertaining to FIR lodge under section 498A of IPC and the wife implicated the relatives of her husband, therefore, the facts of that case is distinguishable to the present case. ... Being aggrieved by that investigation, the petitioners have filed this petition under section 482 of CrPC for invoking the inherent power for quashment of FIR and criminal proceeding registered against them on the ground that no ingredients of offence under sections 420, 415, 467, 468 or 471 of I....
2025 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 23418 • India - BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
P.DHANABAL, J
(A) Indian Penal Code, 1860 - Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 - Quashing of proceedings - Criminal Original Petition filed to quash ... cases - Proceedings quashed. ... ... ... Result: The Criminal Original Petition stands allowed and the proceedings in CC No.1432 of 2024 are hereby quashed. ... The available record shows that the civil dispute has been given criminal colour. 11. ... ORDER This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the proceedings in CC No.1432 of 2024 ....
2023 0 Supreme(All) 2141 • India - Allahabad
NALIN KUMAR SRIVASTAVA
We are compelled to say so as a number of cases pertaining to fiscal sphere, matrimonial dispute/family disputes, commercial offences, medical negligence cases, corruption cases and the cases where there is abnormal delay/laches in initiating criminal prosecution, as are illustrated in Lalita Kumari ... State of U.P. and Another , 2011 Criminal Law Journal 2278 (All) (F.B.) was also discussed. ... But it cannot be done to take undue advantage in a criminal court as if....
2022 0 Supreme(AP) 1204 • India - Andhra Pradesh
U. DURGA PRASAD RAO, G. RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD
The court noted that the wife had filed three criminal cases against the husband, including one for bigamy, which were eventually ... multiple criminal cases against him and his family members, causing him mental distress. ... DIVORCE - MENTAL CRUELTY - SECTION 10(I) OF INDIAN DIVORCE ACT, 1869 - FILING OF CRIMINAL CASES AGAINST SPOUSE AND FAMILY MEMBERS ... Learned counsel for the Appellant contended that the order impugned herein is erroneous inasmuch as the learned....
2014 0 Supreme(Mad) 1595 • India - Madras
V.DHANAPALAN, G.CHOCKALINGAM
National Security Act - Detention under National Security Act - Sections 120(B), 420, 468, 471 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, ... The Inspector of Police, 'Q' Branch Criminal Investigation Department, Coimbatore City, took up investigation in this case. ... During the investigation, the Inspector of Police, 'Q' Branch Criminal Investigation Department, Coimbatore City, arrested B.Sivashankar @ Shankar on 07.09.2013 at 20.00 hours in front of ''Bharat Bhavan” Lodge, opposite to Railway Station, Mettupalayam, Coimbatore D....
2022 0 Supreme(All) 886 • India - Allahabad
JYOTSNA SHARMA
FRAUD - Criminal Revision - Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. - Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 452, 323, 504, 506, 406 IPC and Section 3(1) ... cases. ... It also highlighted the need to prevent abuse of the criminal process and discouraged converting purely civil disputes into criminal ... While on this issue, it is necessary to take notice of a growing tendency in business circles to convert purely civil disputes into criminal cases. ... This criminal revision ....
2020 0 Supreme(Pat) 46 • India - Patna
PARTHA SARTHY
The Court also emphasized the need to exercise the power of quashing a criminal proceeding sparingly and with circumspection. ... Finding of the Court: The Court found that prima facie cases under sections 376, 420, and 506 of the Indian Penal Code ... Final Decision: The application for quashing the FIR was dismissed due to the prima facie cases under sections 376, 420, and ... Kirpal Kaur (Criminal Misc. No.2144-M of 1979 and Criminal Misc. ... We also give a not....
2020 0 Supreme(Gau) 81 • India - Gauhati
AJAI LAMBA, SOUMITRA SAIKIA
Cruelty - Matrimonial Dispute - Sections 498(A) IPC, 471/420 IPC, 125 Cr.P.C. - The court discussed the evidence and found that ... the respondent wife subjected the appellant husband to cruelty and deserted him. ... The respondent wife contested the case, claiming cruelty and illegal demands of dowry by the appellant and his family. ... However, the criminal cases filed under Sections 471/420 IPC and under Section 125 Cr.P.C. are presently pending disposal. ... The Family Court below ....
2011 0 Supreme(Jhk) 425 • India - Jharkhand
D.K.SINHA
A) Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973--Section 482:- Complaint filed for the offence u/ss. 304, 420, 269, 270,201,204,323, 504, 120 ... B/34IPC for the death of his wife against officers who are not in any way connected with the treatment with the sole intention of ... This criminal miscellaneous petition is allowed. ... In the given facts and circumstances, criminal prosecution of the petitioners would tantamount to miscarriage of justice and therefore, their entire criminal proceedings including the or....
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