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Purging, purging is a process by which an undesir-able element is expelled either from one's own self or from a society. It is a cleansing process. Purge is a word which acquired implications first in theological connotations. In the case of a sin, purging of such sin is made through the expression of sincere remorse coupled with doing the penance required. In the case of a guilt, purging means to get himself cleared of the guilt. The concept of purgatory was evolved from the word 'purge', which is a state of suffering after this life in which those souls, who depart this life with their deadly sins, are purified and render fit to enter into heaven where nothing defiled enters. (vide Words and Phrases, Permanent Edn., Vol. 35A, page 307), Pravin C. Shah v. K. A. Mohd Ali, AIR 2001 SC 3041 (3047): (2001) 8 SCC 650.