Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
Three-Stage Attribution Framework for Corporate Mens Rea Established | Non-Identification of Natural Persons No Ground to Quash Proceedings Under Section 482 CrPC : SC
The Supreme Court adopts a three-stage attribution framework derived from English jurisprudence (Tesco, Meridian, Barclays) to determine corporate mens rea, clarifying that a corporation can be prosecuted even if no individual officer is identified or arraigned, as non-identification alone does not warrant quashing proceedings under Section 482 CrPC.