https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=411716 After investigation is completed and a charge-sheet is filed, the Supreme Court held that inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC must be exercised sparingly and cannot be used to assess disputed material as if at trial. The Court found that questions about payment of consideration, transfer of possession, entrustment, and the ingredients of the alleged offences were all factual disputes requiring evidence, so the matter could not be treated as purely civil merely because related civil proceedings were pending. The High Court's quashing of the criminal case was therefore beyond permissible limits and was set aside, with the prosecution directed to continue on its own merits. en-us Fri, 13 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:54:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=411716 After investigation is completed and a charge-sheet is filed, the Supreme Court held that inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC must be exercised sparingly and cannot be used to assess disputed material as if at trial. The Court found that questions about payment of consideration, transfer of possession, entrustment, and the ingredients of the alleged offences were all factual disputes requiring evidence, so the matter could not be treated as purely civil merely because related civil proceedings were pending. The High Court's quashing of the criminal case was therefore beyond permissible limits and was set aside, with the prosecution directed to continue on its own merits. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 13 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=411716