https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=42550 Where a complaint, read as a whole with undisputed public records, shows that an accused had already ceased to be a director before the alleged conspiratorial acts, no factual basis exists to connect that person with the alleged offence. The High Court may act on the admitted record in its inherent and supervisory jurisdiction and quash the criminal process, because continuation of prosecution in such circumstances would amount to needless harassment and no offence is disclosed against that accused. The complaint's own reference to the person as an ex-director, supported by the Registrar of Companies record, was decisive. en-us Mon, 18 Aug 1986 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:18:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=42550 Where a complaint, read as a whole with undisputed public records, shows that an accused had already ceased to be a director before the alleged conspiratorial acts, no factual basis exists to connect that person with the alleged offence. The High Court may act on the admitted record in its inherent and supervisory jurisdiction and quash the criminal process, because continuation of prosecution in such circumstances would amount to needless harassment and no offence is disclosed against that accused. The complaint's own reference to the person as an ex-director, supported by the Registrar of Companies record, was decisive. Case-Laws Central Excise Mon, 18 Aug 1986 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=42550