https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199768 At the Section 482 CrPC stage, a court may quash criminal proceedings only if the complaint fails to disclose an offence or continuation would amount to abuse of process; it cannot test disputed facts on unproved materials. Applying that principle, the complaint alleging bigamy under Section 494 IPC against the principal accused could not be quashed, because cognizance had been taken on sworn statements and supporting witnesses. However, the allegations against the other accused were general and unsupported by specific material showing knowing facilitation, so proceedings against them were unsustainable and stood excluded. en-us Tue, 28 Apr 1992 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 12 Mar 2018 18:44:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199768 At the Section 482 CrPC stage, a court may quash criminal proceedings only if the complaint fails to disclose an offence or continuation would amount to abuse of process; it cannot test disputed facts on unproved materials. Applying that principle, the complaint alleging bigamy under Section 494 IPC against the principal accused could not be quashed, because cognizance had been taken on sworn statements and supporting witnesses. However, the allegations against the other accused were general and unsupported by specific material showing knowing facilitation, so proceedings against them were unsustainable and stood excluded. Case-Laws Income Tax Tue, 28 Apr 1992 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199768