https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313327 Criminal proceedings may be quashed in the exercise of inherent jurisdiction where the allegations, even if taken at face value, do not disclose an offence or the prosecution is otherwise manifestly unsupported by the record, consistent with the Bhajan Lal categories and later cautionary principles. Applying that standard, the Court noted that the marriage certificate and related documents supported the appellant's version, while the complaint material did not provide factual basis for allegations of forgery or the other charged offences. The prosecution was found to lack a prima facie foundation and to be oppressive on the available record, so the proceedings were liable to be quashed. en-us Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 06 Apr 2024 21:29:54 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313327 Criminal proceedings may be quashed in the exercise of inherent jurisdiction where the allegations, even if taken at face value, do not disclose an offence or the prosecution is otherwise manifestly unsupported by the record, consistent with the Bhajan Lal categories and later cautionary principles. Applying that standard, the Court noted that the marriage certificate and related documents supported the appellant's version, while the complaint material did not provide factual basis for allegations of forgery or the other charged offences. The prosecution was found to lack a prima facie foundation and to be oppressive on the available record, so the proceedings were liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313327