HC Can’t Refuse Quashing of Proceedings Merely on the Ground That Trial has Already Begun: SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court recently set aside a Madras High Court order that refused to entertain a plea seeking quashing of charge sheet on the ground that the trial has already begun and prosecution witness has been examined.A lady, in a complaint against husband and relatives alleging demand of dowry, had implicated her sister-in-law and her husband. The charge sheet against her sister-in-law and...