Delhi HC quashes FIR, ED case against NewsClick
The Delhi High Court has quashed the Economic Offences Wing (EOW’s) FIR as well as Enforcement Directorate (ED) ECIR against news portal NewsClick and its editor-in-Chief, Prabir Purkayastha, registered over allegations of foreign funding.
Justice Neena Bansal Krishna held that even if the allegations in the FIR were accepted in entirety, the essential ingredients of offences under Sections 406 and 420 of IPC were not made out.
