The Delhi High Court has said that a disturbing pattern is emerging where in certain instances, the accused marries the rape victim to evade criminal charges and promptly abandons her once the FIR is.
“In the exercise of this wholesome power, the High Court is entitled to quash a proceeding if it comes to the conclusion that allowing the proceeding to continue would be an abuse of the process of.
The Supreme Court recently reaffirmed that granting stay on investigation or any other interim relief by the High Court while exercising powers under Section 482 of CrPC, should be done only in the rarest of rare cases.