Balanced News: Unexplained Inordinate Delay Must be Considered Crucial for Quashing Criminal Complaint: SC

The SC said investigating authorities had provided no explanation for the extraordinary delay of over four years in initiating criminal proceedings and filing the complaint. The petitioner, Hasmukhlal Vora, had moved a plea under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code to quash the criminal complaint. After a further lapse of one year and four months, a complaint was filed against him and his company.