https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171982 Departmental exoneration does not, by itself, bar criminal prosecution arising from the same allegations. The disciplinary authority is not bound by the inquiry officer's report and may differ after notice and opportunity to the delinquent. A criminal case must be assessed independently on the evidence and the stricter criminal standard of proof, because departmental and criminal proceedings operate in different fields. The earlier precedent relied on for quashing was confined to its own facts and did not create a general rule that disciplinary exoneration requires termination of criminal proceedings. en-us Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 26 Oct 2015 21:53:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171982 Departmental exoneration does not, by itself, bar criminal prosecution arising from the same allegations. The disciplinary authority is not bound by the inquiry officer's report and may differ after notice and opportunity to the delinquent. A criminal case must be assessed independently on the evidence and the stricter criminal standard of proof, because departmental and criminal proceedings operate in different fields. The earlier precedent relied on for quashing was confined to its own facts and did not create a general rule that disciplinary exoneration requires termination of criminal proceedings. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171982