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Issues: Whether the complaint disclosed an offence of cheating and whether the Chief Judicial Magistrate at Kathua had jurisdiction to issue process under Section 420 of the Ranbir Penal Code.
Analysis: The allegations centred on the release of goods through the bank at Calcutta on an assurance of payment within a stated period. The Court held that, on the admitted facts, the alleged fraud, if any, related to the transaction between the petitioners and the bank at Calcutta and not to any direct arrangement with the complainant at Kathua. In the absence of a complaint by the bank or material showing that the complainant was bound by that arrangement, the Kathua court lacked jurisdiction. The Court further held that the dispute arising from the contract and subsequent non-payment, without more, amounted to a civil dispute and did not by itself establish the dishonest intention necessary for cheating.
Conclusion: The complaint did not justify criminal process at Kathua, and the proceedings were quashed.
Final Conclusion: The petition succeeded, and the criminal proceedings based on the impugned process were terminated.
Ratio Decidendi: A mere breach of contract or non-payment, without clear allegations of dishonest intention at the inception and without territorial jurisdiction founded on the alleged fraudulent act, does not justify prosecution for cheating.
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