https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182421 Allegations that company directors were in charge of, and responsible for, the company's business, and that they knew of and connived in the alleged excise duty evasion, were held sufficient to justify continuation of the criminal complaint. At the quashing stage, the Court applied the settled principle that it cannot assess the accused's probable defence or weigh the prosecution case, because the adequacy of materials for trial is ordinarily for the trial court. It further noted that no hard and fast rule bars prosecution of directors where specific averments connect them to the offending conduct, and no ground for quashing was made out. en-us Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 10 May 2016 12:04:46 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182421 Allegations that company directors were in charge of, and responsible for, the company's business, and that they knew of and connived in the alleged excise duty evasion, were held sufficient to justify continuation of the criminal complaint. At the quashing stage, the Court applied the settled principle that it cannot assess the accused's probable defence or weigh the prosecution case, because the adequacy of materials for trial is ordinarily for the trial court. It further noted that no hard and fast rule bars prosecution of directors where specific averments connect them to the offending conduct, and no ground for quashing was made out. Case-Laws Central Excise Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182421