Made under: BNSS s.528 (CrPC s.482)
Outline: petition to quash an FIR or proceedings — s.528 BNSS (s.482 CrPC)
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In the High Court of ................................
Criminal Miscellaneous Petition No. ........ of ........
________________, resident of ________________ ...... Petitioner
versus
1. The State, through the Station House Officer, Police Station ________________, District ________________
2. ________________ (complainant) ...... Respondents
PETITION UNDER SECTION 528 OF THE BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
Made under: Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — the inherent power of the High Court [Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973]; Article 226 of the Constitution (where applicable).
(This is an outline. The petition is filed through counsel in the form the High Court's rules require.)
1. The petitioner seeks the quashing of FIR No. ________________ dated ________________, Sections ________________, and all proceedings arising from it.
2. The facts in brief:
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3. Grounds — the FIR, taken at its face value, discloses no offence / it gives a civil dispute a criminal colour / the proceedings are malicious / the parties have settled (the categories in State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal, 1992 Supp (1) SCC 335; Gian Singh v. State of Punjab, (2012) 10 SCC 303):
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4. The petitioner has filed no other petition on the same subject.
PRAYER: (a) quash the above FIR and all proceedings arising from it; (b) direct that no coercive step be taken against the petitioner while this petition is pending.
Petitioner / through counsel
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Place: ________________
Date: ________________What to attach
- Certified copies of the FIR or complaint and of every order.
- If based on a settlement, the compromise deed and the complainant's affidavit.
- The affidavit, index, vakalatnama and court fee the High Court's rules require.