Quashed
Dipak Das v. State of West Bengal and Anr.
Calcutta HCCRR/63/2021
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Single judge quashed criminal proceedings against a petitioner under the Employees' Provident Funds Act, ruling that he was not a responsible officer during the alleged default period due to lack of evidence, while reserving the right of the court to summon him later.
What did the court decide?
The proceeding against the petitioner Dipak Das is quashed subject to the proviso that if material surfaces during trial, the Magistrate may invoke Section 319 CrPC.