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Can prosecution under Prevention of Corruption Act continue when delinquent officer is exonerated in Departmental Proceedings?
It is the settled provision position of law that civil and criminal proceedings have an entirely different standard of proof and usually the result of one does not affect the other. However, it is also an established principle of law that the standard of proof required in a civil proceeding is much lower compared to…
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Chargesheet can be partly quashed
The Supreme Court of India in a judgment reported as Ishwar Pratap Singh & Ors.v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. held that there is no prohibition under the law for quashing the charge-sheet in part. In a petition filed under Section 482 of the Code, the High Court is required to examine as to whether its…