https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307720 For cognizance on a complaint alleging forgery and criminal conspiracy, the pleading must disclose primary facts constituting the offences; a bare assertion that documents were forged or that a conspiracy existed is insufficient. A document is not false merely because its contents are untrue, unless it falsely speaks to its execution or authorship. As the complaint did not set out the foundational facts needed to support the inference that the documents were forged in the pleaded manner, the prima facie case failed and the proceeding was quashed. en-us Tue, 12 Dec 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 02 May 2023 17:35:59 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307720 For cognizance on a complaint alleging forgery and criminal conspiracy, the pleading must disclose primary facts constituting the offences; a bare assertion that documents were forged or that a conspiracy existed is insufficient. A document is not false merely because its contents are untrue, unless it falsely speaks to its execution or authorship. As the complaint did not set out the foundational facts needed to support the inference that the documents were forged in the pleaded manner, the prima facie case failed and the proceeding was quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 12 Dec 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307720