https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273050 Inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 CrPC should be used sparingly and only where the complaint discloses no offence or amounts to abuse of process. Where the complaint and sworn statement, read as a whole, disclose the ingredients of defamation under Sections 499 and 500 IPC, the High Court should not undertake a mini-trial or assess the defence version. A plea that the impugned letter was unauthorised, unsigned, or sent without the accused's knowledge is a matter for trial and not a ground for threshold quashing. The prima facie case was treated as sufficient, so interference was declined and the prosecution was allowed to continue. en-us Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 02 Jun 2018 11:24:44 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273050 Inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 CrPC should be used sparingly and only where the complaint discloses no offence or amounts to abuse of process. Where the complaint and sworn statement, read as a whole, disclose the ingredients of defamation under Sections 499 and 500 IPC, the High Court should not undertake a mini-trial or assess the defence version. A plea that the impugned letter was unauthorised, unsigned, or sent without the accused's knowledge is a matter for trial and not a ground for threshold quashing. The prima facie case was treated as sufficient, so interference was declined and the prosecution was allowed to continue. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273050