Sonu Gupta vs Deepak Gupta & Ors on 11 February, 2015
5. Quashing the criminal proceedings is called for only in a
case where the complaint does not disclose any offence, or is
frivolous, vexatious, or oppressive. If the allegations set out in
the complaint do not constitute the offence of which
cognizance has been taken by the Magistrate, it is open to the
High Court to quash the same. It is not necessary that a
meticulous analysis of the case should be done before the Trial
to find out whether the case would end in conviction or
acquittal. If it appears on a reading of the complaint and
consideration of the allegations therein, in the light of the
statement made on oath that the ingredients of the offence are
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Sonu Gupta v. Deepak Gupta and Ors. 2015 (3) SCC 424.
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disclosed, there would be no justification for the High Court to
interfere2.