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Section 18 in The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 [Entire Act]
Section 482 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [Entire Act]
Section 26 in The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 [Entire Act]
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section 19 in The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 [Entire Act]
Section 20 in The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 [Entire Act]
Section 21 in The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 [Entire Act]
Pramod Suryabhan Pawar vs The State Of Maharashtra on 21 August, 2019
24. It is no longer res integra that the provisions of section 482
Cr.P.C. is an overriding section which saves the inherent powers of the court to
advance the cause of justice. Under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the inherent jurisdiction
of the court can be exercised (i) to give effect to an order under the Cr.P.C.; (ii)
to prevent the abuse of the process of the court; and (iii) to otherwise secure
the ends of justice. The powers of the court under Section 482 are wide and the
court is vested with a significant amount of discretion to decide whether or not
to exercise them. The court should be guarded in the use of its extraordinary
jurisdiction to quash an FIR or criminal proceeding as it denies the prosecution
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the opportunity to establish its case through investigation and evidence. If one
needs any authority on the point, it may be stated that these principles have
been consistently followed and reiterated by this Court as well as the Supreme
Court of India and the following cases may be referred to, viz., (i) State of
Haryana Vs. Bhajan Lal, 1992 Supp (1) SCC 335; (ii) Inder Mohan Goswami v.
State of Uttaranchal, (2007) 12 SCC 1; (iii) Pramod Suryabhan Pawar Vs. State
of Maharashtra, (2019) 9 SCC 608; (iv) Birla Corpn. Ltd. Vs. Adventz Investment
& Holdings Ltd., (2019) 16 SCC 610 . The Court has refrained from quoting the
relevant observations of the Supreme Court of India for the purpose of brevity
and to avoid reiterating the often quoted paragraphs of the aforesaid cases by
Supreme Court of India and various High Courts in the Country.