https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469676 Prior exoneration on merits in departmental and Internal Complaints Committee proceedings, coupled with a later FIR containing vague and omnibus allegations, justified quashing of the criminal case under inherent powers. The HC held that when identical facts had already been found unproved and the witnesses did not support any specific incident of harassment or stalking, continuation of prosecution would amount to abuse of process. The complaint also failed to disclose the ingredients of the invoked offences, so the FIR, charge-sheet and consequent criminal proceedings were set aside. en-us Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 22:25:52 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469676 Prior exoneration on merits in departmental and Internal Complaints Committee proceedings, coupled with a later FIR containing vague and omnibus allegations, justified quashing of the criminal case under inherent powers. The HC held that when identical facts had already been found unproved and the witnesses did not support any specific incident of harassment or stalking, continuation of prosecution would amount to abuse of process. The complaint also failed to disclose the ingredients of the invoked offences, so the FIR, charge-sheet and consequent criminal proceedings were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469676