https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=178907 Prior civil judgments in damage suits are relevant in criminal proceedings only to the limited extent allowed by Sections 40 to 43 of the Indian Evidence Act and are conclusive only in the special cases covered by Section 41. A civil decree does not, by itself, require a pending criminal prosecution arising from the same to be dropped or quashed, and Section 300 CrPC does not make criminal liability dependent on the civil result. The criminal court must decide the facts on the evidence before it, and civil findings do not automatically supersede that assessment. The contrary view in V.M. Shah was rejected as incorrect. en-us Thu, 12 Sep 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:31:54 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=178907 Prior civil judgments in damage suits are relevant in criminal proceedings only to the limited extent allowed by Sections 40 to 43 of the Indian Evidence Act and are conclusive only in the special cases covered by Section 41. A civil decree does not, by itself, require a pending criminal prosecution arising from the same to be dropped or quashed, and Section 300 CrPC does not make criminal liability dependent on the civil result. The criminal court must decide the facts on the evidence before it, and civil findings do not automatically supersede that assessment. The contrary view in V.M. Shah was rejected as incorrect. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 12 Sep 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=178907