Punjab & Haryana High Court quashes an FIR against the makers of "Yaarian 2" over a song showing a clean-shaven, non-Amritdhari actor wearing the Sri Sahib/Kirpan, holding the inadvertent portrayal — since removed, with a public apology issued — was not a deliberate, malicious insult to the Sikh religion.
Madras High Court quashes a criminal case against men who gathered to raise slogans in support of Palestine, holding that merely raising such slogans — without force, mischief or restraint of anyone — does not make out an unlawful assembly.
Bombay High Court quashes an FIR against two men accused only of shouting loudly at each other on a public street, holding that mere volume — without obscenity, depravity or disturbance to a third party — does not make out a cognizable offence.
Rajasthan High Court quashes an FIR filed nearly four years into a marriage alleging the husband used drugs and black magic to induce it, holding the marital-rape exception under IPC barred the core allegation and the delay pointed to changed circumstances, not a concealed crime.
Rajasthan High Court quashes a dowry-harassment case against a husband and his family after the complainant accepted ₹20 lakh in permanent alimony and a mutual-consent divorce, holding that continuing the prosecution afterward was a weapon of harassment, not a pursuit of justice.