Deepak Shakdher vs G.D. Foods Mfg (I) Pvt Ltd. on 6 May, 2015
5. R. Kalyani v. Janak C. Mehta (2009) 1 SCC 516
"32. Allegations contained in the FIR are for commission of
offences under a general statute. A vicarious liability can be
fastened only by reason of a provision of a statute and not
otherwise. For the said purpose, a legal fiction has to be
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created. Even under a special statute when the vicarious
criminal liability is fastened on a person on the premise that
he was in charge of the affairs of the company and responsible
to it, all the ingredients laid down under the statute must be
fulfilled. A legal fiction must be confined to the object and
purport for which it has been created."