In Brief
A dispute between apartment residents in West Bengal over a broken door and parked scooter escalated into allegations of unlawful assembly, assault, and threats. The Supreme Court quashed criminal proceedings against three male residents, finding that uncontroverted CCTV footage showed they arrived after the primary altercation and attempted to de-escalate rather than participate. The Court held that continuing the trial despite clear electronic evidence of innocence would constitute an abuse of process, applying established principles that inherent jurisdiction to quash exists when unimpeachable evidence contradicts prosecution allegations and the proceedings are manifestly malicious.
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