https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469579 Where departmental proceedings end in honourable exoneration on the same allegations, the connected criminal prosecution may be quashed because the identical charges were not established even on the lower disciplinary standard and cannot be sustained on the higher criminal standard of proof. The note states that the apparent conflict between Supreme Court authorities was resolved by following the later coordinate-bench view, treating continuation of the criminal case on identical facts as an abuse of process. The cognizance order was therefore set aside and the criminal proceeding was held liable to be quashed. en-us Fri, 20 May 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 10:55:31 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469579 Where departmental proceedings end in honourable exoneration on the same allegations, the connected criminal prosecution may be quashed because the identical charges were not established even on the lower disciplinary standard and cannot be sustained on the higher criminal standard of proof. The note states that the apparent conflict between Supreme Court authorities was resolved by following the later coordinate-bench view, treating continuation of the criminal case on identical facts as an abuse of process. The cognizance order was therefore set aside and the criminal proceeding was held liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 20 May 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469579