Mumbai, Dec 11: The Bombay High Court has quashed the prosecution and 2009 summons issued to former ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar and four senior bank officials in a case filed by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) alleging octroi evasion on imported gold coins. The case, however, will continue against ICICI Bank.

Court Says Complaint Fails to Attribute Specific Roles to Officials

Justice Neela Gokhale held that the complaint filed by PMC failed to disclose any specific role played by the individual officials and therefore could not support their prosecution.

“A plain reading of the complaint does not demonstrate any role specifically attributed to any of the petitioners,” the court said, adding that “prosecution against the Petitioner Nos. 2 to 5 cannot continue in the absence of

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