In Brief
A complaint-filer challenged the High Court's order allowing a second quashing petition filed by accused-respondents. The first quashing petition had been dismissed on identical grounds. The Supreme Court held that a second petition under Section 482 CrPC is not maintainable if based on grounds available at the time of the first petition, unless circumstances materially change. Allowing the second petition amounted to impermissible review of a co-ordinate bench's order, violating Section 362 CrPC. The Court reaffirmed that inherent jurisdiction cannot override statutory bars on review and that repeated petitions based on pre-existing pleas constitute abuse of process.
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