Case Law Analysis
|Punjab and Haryana High Court
Section 482 CrPC | Duplicate FIR for Same Offence Quashed After Principal FIR Set Aside by Compromise : Punjab & Haryana HC
The Punjab & Haryana High Court held that registering a secondary FIR for recovery after the principal theft FIR has been quashed via compromise constitutes an abuse of process. This ruling reinforces that multiple proceedings for a single criminal occurrence, even under different sections, violate the spirit of Section 482 CrPC and must be struck down to prevent multiplicity of litigation.