https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299179 Mere presence at the scene was held insufficient to establish membership of an unlawful assembly, as the material did not show five or more persons sharing a common unlawful object; the charges for rioting and common object liability were therefore unsustainable. The allegations also failed to disclose assault with intent to outrage modesty or any real criminal intimidation, so the offences of outrage of modesty and intimidation were not made out. Simple hurt being a non-cognizable offence, police investigation could not proceed without the statutory order required for such offences; in the absence of that permission, the prosecution was unsustainable and the proceedings were quashed. en-us Tue, 16 May 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 06 Dec 2021 11:45:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299179 Mere presence at the scene was held insufficient to establish membership of an unlawful assembly, as the material did not show five or more persons sharing a common unlawful object; the charges for rioting and common object liability were therefore unsustainable. The allegations also failed to disclose assault with intent to outrage modesty or any real criminal intimidation, so the offences of outrage of modesty and intimidation were not made out. Simple hurt being a non-cognizable offence, police investigation could not proceed without the statutory order required for such offences; in the absence of that permission, the prosecution was unsustainable and the proceedings were quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 16 May 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299179