Criminal process cannot serve as a coercive means to recover...

Criminal process cannot serve as a coercive means to recover contractual work dues where allegations remain essentially civil; proceedings brought for that purpose were quashed. Quashing predicate FIRs following settlement or procedural defects does not undermine money-laundering action when scheduled-offence allegations remain pending without merits exoneration. Failure initially to arraign a named developer company is curable, while resale or multiple mortgaging of a fully paid flat may disclose cheating beyond contractual breach. Homebuyer payments for promised construction and delivery can constitute deposits under depositor-protection law. Challenges to provisional attachment should proceed through the statutory adjudication and appellate mechanism.