https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301224 Criminal proceedings against former partners were liable to be quashed where the complaint did not allege that they were in charge of the firm's day-to-day affairs at the relevant time, and the record showed they had ceased to be partners before the alleged acts. Mere past partnership, without specific overt acts linking them to forgery, cheating, criminal breach of trust or conspiracy, was insufficient because criminal liability is personal absent a statutory basis for vicarious liability. The complaint also lacked particulars of the alleged forged documents and, on its face, disclosed a civil dispute rather than a criminal offence, making the prosecution an abuse of process. en-us Mon, 16 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:08:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301224 Criminal proceedings against former partners were liable to be quashed where the complaint did not allege that they were in charge of the firm's day-to-day affairs at the relevant time, and the record showed they had ceased to be partners before the alleged acts. Mere past partnership, without specific overt acts linking them to forgery, cheating, criminal breach of trust or conspiracy, was insufficient because criminal liability is personal absent a statutory basis for vicarious liability. The complaint also lacked particulars of the alleged forged documents and, on its face, disclosed a civil dispute rather than a criminal offence, making the prosecution an abuse of process. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 16 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301224