Vexatious Criminal Proceeding Can Be Quashed Even Post-Cognizance: Patna HC [Read Judgment]

The Patna High Court, in the case of Dr. Syed Mohhammad Azfar vs The State Of Bihar & Anr, shed light on the wide-ranging powers of the High Court under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code and noted that even those complaints of which the Magistrate has taken cognizance of, but are of a private and vexatious nature, can be quashed by the High Court.In this case, an appeal had...