False Cases Tarnish Reputation, Courts Must Scrutinize Complaints; Rape Case Against Retired Army Officer Quashed: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court, presided over by Justice Amit Mahajan, has quashed a rape and sexual assault FIR against Lt General Inderjit Singh AVSM VSM (Retired). The Court noted that the allegations were “inherently absurd” and lacked any credible evidence, stating that continuing the trial would amount to an abuse of the process of law. Justice Mahajan emphasized that subjecting the septuagenarian retired officer to the “tribulations of trial” would…