SUPREME COURT OF INDIA- Dismissal of application for quashing of criminal proceedings by High Court - Inherent powers do not confer any arbitrary jurisdiction on Court to act according to its whims and fancies.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before:- Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka, JJ. Criminal Appeal Nos.200 of 2022 (Arising out of SLP(Crl.) Nos.8283 of 2021). D/d. 10.2.2022. Shafiya Khan @ Shakuntala Prajapati - Appellants Versus State of U.P. & Anr. - Respondents For the Appellants :- Mr. Gaurav, Advocate. For the Respondents :- Mr. Adarsh Upadhyay, Mr. Amit Singh, Mr. ajay Prajapati, Mr. Aman Pathak, Mr. Arvind Gupta, Advocates. IMPORTANT Dismissal of application for quashing of criminal proceedings by High Court - Inherent powers do not confer any arbitrary jurisdiction on Court to act according to its whims and fancies. Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, Section 3 - Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 - Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Section 5 - Criminal proceedings against sister-in-law by brother-in-law - Quashing of - Allegations against accused that she got married without any divorce from her previous husband and forgery committed...