Hon’ble Apex Court in landmark judgment ‘R.P. Kapur Vs State of Punjab 25 March, 1960’ here has held the following to be the categories could and should be exercised to quash proceedings:

(i) where there was a legal bar against the institution or continuance of the proceedings;
(ii) where the allegations in the first information report or complaint did not make out the offence alleged; and
(iii)where either there was no legal evidence adduced in support of the charge or the evidence adduced clearly or manifestly failed to prove the charge.