https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198296 The Supreme Court explained that inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC may be used to quash criminal proceedings where the materials, even if accepted at face value, disclose no prima facie offence and continuation would amount to a fishing enquiry. Applying that principle, it upheld quashing for bank officials because the record showed only their managerial positions and no specific act, authorization, or facilitation in renewal or encashment of the fixed deposits. It also held that the father-in-law should not have been discharged at this stage because the renewal form and surrounding material disclosed a prima facie case of forgery and use of a forged document, so the prosecution had to continue. en-us Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:07:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198296 The Supreme Court explained that inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC may be used to quash criminal proceedings where the materials, even if accepted at face value, disclose no prima facie offence and continuation would amount to a fishing enquiry. Applying that principle, it upheld quashing for bank officials because the record showed only their managerial positions and no specific act, authorization, or facilitation in renewal or encashment of the fixed deposits. It also held that the father-in-law should not have been discharged at this stage because the renewal form and surrounding material disclosed a prima facie case of forgery and use of a forged document, so the prosecution had to continue. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198296