Srinagar, Feb. 14 -- Dismissing a petition, a bench of Vinod Chatterji Koul held that the court's inherent power cannot be used to quash FIR based on compromise if it is in respect of heinous offences which are not private in nature and have a serious impact on the society.

According to the government, on 19th July 2021, police station Uri upon receipt of a written complaint lodged an FIR no.70/2021 and set into motion investigation. During the course of investigation, statements of witnesses under Section 161 Cr.P.C. was recorded, by which it came to know that a woman was kidnapped by the petitioner- Syed Imtiyaz Hussain with the help of his brothers. The Prosecutrix was recovered from the possession of the accused person at NS Bridge U...