https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=111690 A writ to restrain the police from registering criminal cases and to quash the FIR was refused where the petitioner claimed he had resigned as director before the alleged offences. The record did not clearly support effective resignation, as the resignation intimation reached the Registrar of Companies later and the material indicated continued association with the company. In the absence of clear material absolving him of liability, the allegations could not be treated as non-existent or incapable of investigation. The court reiterated that quashing is warranted only where no offence is disclosed or the proceedings are shown to be malicious, and held that the petitioner's responsibility had to be examined after investigation, not in writ jurisdiction. en-us Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:20:49 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=111690 A writ to restrain the police from registering criminal cases and to quash the FIR was refused where the petitioner claimed he had resigned as director before the alleged offences. The record did not clearly support effective resignation, as the resignation intimation reached the Registrar of Companies later and the material indicated continued association with the company. In the absence of clear material absolving him of liability, the allegations could not be treated as non-existent or incapable of investigation. The court reiterated that quashing is warranted only where no offence is disclosed or the proceedings are shown to be malicious, and held that the petitioner's responsibility had to be examined after investigation, not in writ jurisdiction. Case-Laws Companies Law Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=111690