Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Accused in IPC Case Due to Vague Allegations and Lack of Prima Facie Evidence. The Court held that continuation of proceedings would amount to abuse of process as allegations were trivial, unsupported by specific evidence, and the chargesheet failed to specify roles, with CCTV footage contradicting the prosecution case under Sections 143, 341, 323, 324, 504, 506, 509, 427, and 354 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860....
The appeals arose from a common impugned judgment of the High Court at Calcutta dated 8 March 2024, which had quashed criminal proceedings against two co-accused but declined similar relief to the app...
