https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294665 At the FIR stage, criminal proceedings may be quashed only where the allegations, taken at face value, do not disclose the ingredients of any offence, and courts should not conduct a mini-trial or rely on defence material. Applying that narrow test, the quashing of the FIR and investigation against respondents 1 and 2 was upheld because the record showed no direct interaction, entrustment, deception, dishonest inducement, or participation in forgery, and vicarious criminal liability could not be presumed under the general penal law. The quashing order could not be extended to respondent 3 without an independent basis, so the investigation against him was directed to continue. en-us Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 10 Nov 2023 11:39:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294665 At the FIR stage, criminal proceedings may be quashed only where the allegations, taken at face value, do not disclose the ingredients of any offence, and courts should not conduct a mini-trial or rely on defence material. Applying that narrow test, the quashing of the FIR and investigation against respondents 1 and 2 was upheld because the record showed no direct interaction, entrustment, deception, dishonest inducement, or participation in forgery, and vicarious criminal liability could not be presumed under the general penal law. The quashing order could not be extended to respondent 3 without an independent basis, so the investigation against him was directed to continue. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294665