Criminal Case Quashed After Court Notes Complaint Was Filed Eight Years After Accused’s Death: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has quashed a criminal proceeding against Dr. Gour Das, observing that an allegation that a deceased person threatened someone in 2018 was impossible on the face of the record when the person attributed with the threat had died in 2010. Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta held that continuing such proceedings would amount to an abuse of the process of law. Complaint Alleged Threat In 2018 The criminal…