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2023 (4) TMI 819 - GAUHATI HIGH COURTSeizure of goods alongwith vehicle - loaded coal was transported by the trucks with the connivance of the truck owners and the coal mafia from Meghalaya - allegation of smuggling coal to different states - HELD THAT:- This Court, in a catena of decisions, consistently gave a note of caution that inherent power of quashing a criminal proceeding should be exercised very sparingly and with circumspection and that too in the rarest of rare cases. This Court also held that the High Court will not be justified in embarking upon an inquiry as to the reliability or genuineness or otherwise of the allegations made in the F.I.R. or the complaint and that the extra-ordinary or inherent powers do not confer an arbitrary jurisdiction on the court to act according to its whims and caprice. The petitioner is alleged with an offence of evading payment of taxes to the Government by smuggling coal to different states - This is an offence against the society at large. The document submitted by the petitioner does not even substantiate his averments. There appears to be no justified ground to invoke the inherent jurisdiction of 482 Cr.P.C. - this criminal petition stands disposed of.
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