1994 (2) TMI 75

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..... wherein a complaint filed against the respondents under Section 135 of the Customs Act 1962 has been quashed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code. 3. We have heard Mr. Ashok Sen, learned senior counsel and Mr. Harjinder Singh, learned counsel for the respondents. We have been taken through the contents of the complaint which is a part of the paper book. We are of the view that the .....

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..... may be self-serving to create a defence in case they are caught." "…..I agree with the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioners that there are bleak chances of conviction on the basis of the evidence relied upon by the complainant and in such a case criminal proceedings should be quashed." 4. The learned Judge fell into patent error in assessing the chances of convic tion/acquitt .....

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