State Of Rajasthan vs Ravi Shankar Srivastava

The Supreme Court held that the High Court's directive preventing adverse or punitive action against the petitioner in FIR No.110/2004 was unnecessary for the resolution of the criminal case. The Court found that such a direction was not warranted under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which allows for quashing of FIRs but does not extend to issuing protective orders. Consequently, the Court deleted the specific portion of the High Court's order, thereby allowing the State to proceed with its investigation and actions as per law.