https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=325511 A later criminal prosecution for cheating and criminal breach of trust was treated as an abuse of process where it arose from the same transaction already resolved through civil recovery and proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The Court found that the earlier adjudication and recovery on the identical subject matter made the subsequent prosecution oppressive and unjustified. The impugned judgment was set aside, and the prosecution could not continue on the same facts. en-us Fri, 04 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 22 Mar 2016 00:51:06 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=325511 A later criminal prosecution for cheating and criminal breach of trust was treated as an abuse of process where it arose from the same transaction already resolved through civil recovery and proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The Court found that the earlier adjudication and recovery on the identical subject matter made the subsequent prosecution oppressive and unjustified. The impugned judgment was set aside, and the prosecution could not continue on the same facts. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 04 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=325511