Penal Code, 1860–Sec. 379 [Corresponding Sec. 303(2) of BNS, 2023]–Constitution of India, 1950–Art. 226–Criminal proceedings–Sustainability–Petitioner was not named in the FIR at the inception of the criminal proceedings–Investigation Agency did not possess any definite or credible material connecting him with the alleged occurrence–Seven persons against whom the prosecution had considered evidence sufficient for trial, were subjected to full-fledged judicial scrutiny before the competent Court, and ultimately stood acquitted–Complete absence of any coercive or substantive proceedings against the petitioner over the intervening years–Petitioner was granted the anticipatory bail–Proceedings are liable to be dropped/quashed.
