https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469549 Criminal proceedings based on an FIR under Sections 354A and 506 IPC were treated as unsustainable where the same allegations had already been examined by an Internal Complaints Committee under the POSH Act and the petitioners were exonerated on merits. The Court applied the higher criminal standard of proof, noted that the inquiry and prosecution concerned identical issues, and found the complaint to be general and unparticularised. On that basis, it applied Section 482 CrPC principles that quashing is justified where allegations, even if accepted at face value, do not disclose an offence or where continuation of proceedings is oppressive or abusive. The FIR and consequential proceedings were therefore quashed. en-us Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:12:48 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469549 Criminal proceedings based on an FIR under Sections 354A and 506 IPC were treated as unsustainable where the same allegations had already been examined by an Internal Complaints Committee under the POSH Act and the petitioners were exonerated on merits. The Court applied the higher criminal standard of proof, noted that the inquiry and prosecution concerned identical issues, and found the complaint to be general and unparticularised. On that basis, it applied Section 482 CrPC principles that quashing is justified where allegations, even if accepted at face value, do not disclose an offence or where continuation of proceedings is oppressive or abusive. The FIR and consequential proceedings were therefore quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469549