https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=770878 Section 482 CrPC should be used sparingly at the pre-trial stage: quashing is warranted only where the complaint, read as a whole, discloses no offence or where unimpeachable material shows continuation would be an abuse of process. In this SEBI Act prosecution, the complaint's averments that the petitioner was a director and responsible for the company's affairs, together with material indicating involvement in its functioning, were sufficient to sustain the proceedings. At the charge stage, only a prima facie assessment and grave suspicion are required, not a mini-trial or weighing of defence material. The complaint and charge were therefore not liable to be quashed. en-us Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 17 May 2025 08:39:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=770878 Section 482 CrPC should be used sparingly at the pre-trial stage: quashing is warranted only where the complaint, read as a whole, discloses no offence or where unimpeachable material shows continuation would be an abuse of process. In this SEBI Act prosecution, the complaint's averments that the petitioner was a director and responsible for the company's affairs, together with material indicating involvement in its functioning, were sufficient to sustain the proceedings. At the charge stage, only a prima facie assessment and grave suspicion are required, not a mini-trial or weighing of defence material. The complaint and charge were therefore not liable to be quashed. Case-Laws SEBI Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=770878