The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, in Rahul v. State of U.P., 2026 INSC 825, relying upon Prashant Bharti v. State (NCT of Delhi) and Rajiv Thapar & Others v. Madan Lal Kapoor, reiterated that the High Court, while exercising jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C., can quash an FIR at the pre-trial stage where the accused produces defence material of sterling and unimpeachable quality which completely demolishes the prosecution case; continuation of proceedings in such circumstances would serve no useful purpose and would amount to an abuse of the process of the Court. In the said case, the accused, a BSF member, produced a certificate issued by his Commandant establishing that he was on official duty on the date of the alleged incident, and the Supreme Court, finding the material to be incontrovertible and completely destructive of the allegations, quashed the FIR registered against him under Sections 498-A and 304-B IPC, reaffirming that where unimpeachable material establishes that the prosecution allegations are patently false, the High Court is justified in exercising its inherent jurisdiction to prevent abuse of the process of law.
