https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169832 At the quashing stage, courts may examine allegations and admitted materials to see whether a cognizable offence is prima facie disclosed, but disputed defences are not normally tested. Cheating requires dishonest inducement at the inception of the transaction, and the later dispute over blank cheques did not by itself show fraudulent intent from the beginning. Filling a blank cheque was not treated as forgery on these materials, and conspiracy was not clearly made out. However, entrusted blank signed cheques could support a prima facie case of criminal breach of trust if they were misused for a different purpose, so the investigation was confined to that offence. en-us Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 07 Nov 2015 21:12:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169832 At the quashing stage, courts may examine allegations and admitted materials to see whether a cognizable offence is prima facie disclosed, but disputed defences are not normally tested. Cheating requires dishonest inducement at the inception of the transaction, and the later dispute over blank cheques did not by itself show fraudulent intent from the beginning. Filling a blank cheque was not treated as forgery on these materials, and conspiracy was not clearly made out. However, entrusted blank signed cheques could support a prima facie case of criminal breach of trust if they were misused for a different purpose, so the investigation was confined to that offence. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169832