In Brief
A driver's brother complained that his death by suicide was abetted by his employer, a public servant accused of amassing disproportionate wealth. The High Court quashed the FIR, finding the allegations inherently improbable and lacking corroborating evidence. The Supreme Court reversed this, holding that when considering a petition to quash an FIR under Section 482 CrPC, courts must apply only a prima facie test—accepting allegations at face value—without testing veracity or analyzing evidence like a trial court. The Court rejected the High Court's diminishing observations about mental health, emphasizing that human responses to threats vary greatly and cannot be standardized. The case progresses to trial.
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