https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469546 Departmental exoneration does not, by itself, require quashing of related criminal proceedings where the disciplinary result rests on the investigating agency's earlier decision not to file a charge-sheet rather than on identical evidence. The criminal case and the departmental inquiry are treated as distinct proceedings with different standards of proof and separate evidentiary foundations. On that basis, mere dropping of disciplinary action is not automatically a ground to terminate prosecution, and an order refusing to interfere with the criminal process remains supportable where no error in the decision to proceed is shown. en-us Mon, 23 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:10:07 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469546 Departmental exoneration does not, by itself, require quashing of related criminal proceedings where the disciplinary result rests on the investigating agency's earlier decision not to file a charge-sheet rather than on identical evidence. The criminal case and the departmental inquiry are treated as distinct proceedings with different standards of proof and separate evidentiary foundations. On that basis, mere dropping of disciplinary action is not automatically a ground to terminate prosecution, and an order refusing to interfere with the criminal process remains supportable where no error in the decision to proceed is shown. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 23 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469546