https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309014 At the discharge stage under CrPC, the court may sift the prosecution material only to see whether a prima facie case exists. In a disproportionate assets prosecution, the Madras HC held that the charge-sheet did not disclose concrete material to frame charges where the wife, mother-in-law and trust had separately assessed income-tax returns and there was no satisfactory basis to club their assets with the first accused's income or to treat them as benami holdings. The prosecution's failure to issue notice to the other accused to explain assets in their own names further weakened the case. Discharge was therefore justified. en-us Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 14:12:54 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309014 At the discharge stage under CrPC, the court may sift the prosecution material only to see whether a prima facie case exists. In a disproportionate assets prosecution, the Madras HC held that the charge-sheet did not disclose concrete material to frame charges where the wife, mother-in-law and trust had separately assessed income-tax returns and there was no satisfactory basis to club their assets with the first accused's income or to treat them as benami holdings. The prosecution's failure to issue notice to the other accused to explain assets in their own names further weakened the case. Discharge was therefore justified. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309014