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Quashing of CRIMINAL CASE - STING OPERATION - The expression ‘sting operation’ seems to have emerged from the title of a popular movie called “The Sting” which was screened sometime in the year 1973. The movie was based on a somewhat complicated plot hatched by two persons to trick a third person into committing a crime. Being essentially a deceptive operation, though designed to nab a criminal, a sting operation raises certain moral and ethical questions. The victim, who is otherwise innocent, is lured into committing a crime on the assurance of absolute secrecy and confidentiality of the circumstances raising the potential question as to how such a victim can be held responsible for the crime which he would not have committed but for the enticement. Another issue that arises from such an operation is the fact that the means deployed to establish the commission of the crime itself involves a culpable act. - High court dismissed the petition for quash - Apex court confirmed the same = RAJAT PRASAD ... APPELLANT (S) VERSUS C.B.I. ... RESPONDENT (S) = 2014 ( April.Part ) judis.nic.in/supremecourt/filename=41457