https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=179415 At the stage of issuing process, the Magistrate must see whether the complaint and sworn statements disclose the essential ingredients of the alleged offences. For appellants 1 to 6 and 8, there was no prima facie entrustment of property, dishonest misappropriation, or material showing conspiracy, so process under Sections 406 and 120B IPC could not stand and was set aside. For appellant 7, the material did not support breach of trust or conspiracy, but it did disclose a prima facie allegation of dishonest inducement at the inception of the transaction, sufficient to sustain process for cheating under Section 420 IPC. The Court treated the dispute as contractual in nature where criminal process was unsupported except for cheating against appellant 7. en-us Thu, 18 Oct 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 12:33:57 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=179415 At the stage of issuing process, the Magistrate must see whether the complaint and sworn statements disclose the essential ingredients of the alleged offences. For appellants 1 to 6 and 8, there was no prima facie entrustment of property, dishonest misappropriation, or material showing conspiracy, so process under Sections 406 and 120B IPC could not stand and was set aside. For appellant 7, the material did not support breach of trust or conspiracy, but it did disclose a prima facie allegation of dishonest inducement at the inception of the transaction, sufficient to sustain process for cheating under Section 420 IPC. The Court treated the dispute as contractual in nature where criminal process was unsupported except for cheating against appellant 7. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 18 Oct 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=179415