https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=47147 A complaint alleging an offence under the Customs Act should not be quashed under inherent jurisdiction merely because conviction appears unlikely. Where the allegations, if proved, disclose a triable offence, the High Court cannot assess the probable outcome of the prosecution without evidence on record. The Supreme Court held that inherent powers under the Code of Criminal Procedure are not meant to pre-judge merits at the threshold when the complaint itself makes out an offence. The order quashing the complaint was therefore unsustainable and was set aside, and the Section 482 application was dismissed. en-us Mon, 14 Feb 1994 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:10:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=47147 A complaint alleging an offence under the Customs Act should not be quashed under inherent jurisdiction merely because conviction appears unlikely. Where the allegations, if proved, disclose a triable offence, the High Court cannot assess the probable outcome of the prosecution without evidence on record. The Supreme Court held that inherent powers under the Code of Criminal Procedure are not meant to pre-judge merits at the threshold when the complaint itself makes out an offence. The order quashing the complaint was therefore unsustainable and was set aside, and the Section 482 application was dismissed. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 14 Feb 1994 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=47147