India, Dec. 26 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against international shooter Vartika Singh in a case alleging preparation of forged letters at the behest of a Union Cabinet Minister.

A bench headed by Justice Rajeev Singh on December 19 observed, "There is no evidence of cheating against the applicant, Vartika Singh, in the entire material available before the court."

The documents which were forwarded to her were also provided to the officials and other dignitaries for an enquiry.

However, no enquiry was made as to who had prepared the fake documents, the court held.

In the same matter, the investigating officer filed a closure report after no alleged offence was made out against Vart...