A quash petition in high court is a petition filed before the High Court for quashing the FIR (First Information Report) and all related proceedings against the accused. The High Court has been authorized with inherent powers to quash any criminal proceeding it believes serves a malicious intent. The power to quash an FIR is an inherent power of a High Court for preventing the misuse of the available remedies to each person in the country. The High Court can quash FIR and criminal complaints to prevent abuse of the process of any Court or to secure the ends of justice. The burden of proving that the nature of FIR is completely ill-natured, and the FIR lacks the main ingredients to prove that an offense has been committed lies with the applicant who wishes to quash the FIR. The High Court can quash an FIR if the court concludes that the accusations made against the accused are frivolous and made with malafide intentions. The High Court ought not to embark upon an inquiry where the allegations in the complaint are likely to be established by evidence or not.