As per the case facts the appellant was accused of an offense under Section of the IPC and sought to quash the First Information Report FIR Multiple FIRs had been ... registered against the appellant's father-in-law and the appellant was implicated in a further statement The High Court rejected the appellant's petition to quash the FIR The question arose whether the FIR and subsequent criminal proceedings against the appellant should be quashed especially considering the possibility of vengeance or personal grudge driving the multiple registrations of cases Finally the Supreme Court allowed the appeal and set aside the High Court's order The Court concluded that the specific FIR in question should be quashed as far as the appellant was concerned It was observed that the implication of the appellant appeared to stem from the State's belief that his father-in-law was a hardened criminal leading to the appellant's implication as well The Court clarified that its observations were only relevant to the FIR in question and would not affect any other pending criminal prosecutions or proceedings