https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310963 An FIR alleging criminal breach of trust was quashed because the record did not show the requisite entrustment for Section 409, departmental proceedings noted no monetary loss to the bank and recovery of the alleged shortage, and the FIR itself did not disclose the essential ingredients of the offence when read as a whole. The Court also treated the unexplained delay of about ten years in lodging the FIR as a relevant factor. On these facts, continuation of the prosecution was held to be an abuse of process, and the FIR with consequential proceedings was terminated. en-us Thu, 17 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 17:52:32 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310963 An FIR alleging criminal breach of trust was quashed because the record did not show the requisite entrustment for Section 409, departmental proceedings noted no monetary loss to the bank and recovery of the alleged shortage, and the FIR itself did not disclose the essential ingredients of the offence when read as a whole. The Court also treated the unexplained delay of about ten years in lodging the FIR as a relevant factor. On these facts, continuation of the prosecution was held to be an abuse of process, and the FIR with consequential proceedings was terminated. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 17 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310963