https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=392360 In corruption investigations against a public servant, the absence of a preliminary enquiry before registration of the FIR may weigh against the validity of the case, especially where the police proceed only on source information without verifying disclosed income, returns, declarations, and related records. The article also notes that an FIR alleging disproportionate assets must disclose reliable prima facie material; material arithmetical and valuation errors, such as overstated assets, understated income, and duplicate inclusion of the same property item, can undermine the foundation of the prosecution. On that reasoning, continuation of the proceedings was treated as an abuse of process and consequential relief followed. en-us Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 19 Feb 2020 10:01:06 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=392360 In corruption investigations against a public servant, the absence of a preliminary enquiry before registration of the FIR may weigh against the validity of the case, especially where the police proceed only on source information without verifying disclosed income, returns, declarations, and related records. The article also notes that an FIR alleging disproportionate assets must disclose reliable prima facie material; material arithmetical and valuation errors, such as overstated assets, understated income, and duplicate inclusion of the same property item, can undermine the foundation of the prosecution. On that reasoning, continuation of the proceedings was treated as an abuse of process and consequential relief followed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=392360