Supreme Court of India
State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal
1992 Supp (1) SCC 335
- Decision date
- 1990
- Text availability
- Summary or case record only
- Bench
- 2-Judge Bench
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Principle
Police officer is bound to register an FIR under Section 154 upon receiving information disclosing a cognizable offence without inquiring into its reasonableness or credibility. | Enunciated seven iconic illustrative categories where High Court can exercise Section 482 inherent powers to quash FIR/criminal proceedings to prevent abuse of process. | Seven categories for quashing criminal proceedings applied to Section 528 BNSS (saving of inherent powers of High Court).
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Judgment text
Full judgment text is not available in this record.