https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=252494 Where the uncontroverted allegations in a complaint do not prima facie disclose the essential ingredients of the alleged offences, inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure may be invoked to prevent abuse of process. On the complaint as framed, the appellant's alleged omission as Branch Manager amounted at most to negligence or dereliction in official work; it did not establish theft, cheating, conspiracy, or any other offence alleged. As the cheque was not in fact cleared and the material facts did not support criminal liability, continuation of the prosecution was unwarranted and the proceedings were quashed. en-us Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 04 Nov 2017 14:59:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=252494 Where the uncontroverted allegations in a complaint do not prima facie disclose the essential ingredients of the alleged offences, inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure may be invoked to prevent abuse of process. On the complaint as framed, the appellant's alleged omission as Branch Manager amounted at most to negligence or dereliction in official work; it did not establish theft, cheating, conspiracy, or any other offence alleged. As the cheque was not in fact cleared and the material facts did not support criminal liability, continuation of the prosecution was unwarranted and the proceedings were quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=252494