https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456432 Criminal proceedings may be quashed at the charge stage only in rare cases where the uncontroverted record does not disclose the basic ingredients of an offence or the prosecution is an abuse of process. The Supreme Court held that the FIR, charge-sheet, complainant statement and proposed witnesses disclosed a prima facie case, and that the allegations were not patently absurd or inherently improbable. Materials said to favour the petitioner were treated as matters for defence at trial, not grounds for quashing. The Court also found that alleged presence during counting of cash and concert with the principal accused was sufficient to sustain a prima facie inference of conspiracy and limited involvement, so the trial was allowed to proceed. en-us Tue, 04 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 24 Jul 2024 21:19:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456432 Criminal proceedings may be quashed at the charge stage only in rare cases where the uncontroverted record does not disclose the basic ingredients of an offence or the prosecution is an abuse of process. The Supreme Court held that the FIR, charge-sheet, complainant statement and proposed witnesses disclosed a prima facie case, and that the allegations were not patently absurd or inherently improbable. Materials said to favour the petitioner were treated as matters for defence at trial, not grounds for quashing. The Court also found that alleged presence during counting of cash and concert with the principal accused was sufficient to sustain a prima facie inference of conspiracy and limited involvement, so the trial was allowed to proceed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 04 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456432