https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197862 Commercial and contractual dealings that do not show dishonest intention at the inception, fraudulent inducement, or the essential ingredients of criminal breach of trust cannot sustain criminal process under Section 156(3) of the CrPC. The allegations here disclosed a civil dispute with a clear contractual flavour, and there was no specific material to fix vicarious liability on company officers under Section 34 IPC. Earlier complaints on the same subject had already been treated as civil in nature, and the later complaint was delayed. In these circumstances, the direction to investigate and the connected criminal proceedings were held to be unsustainable and liable to be quashed. en-us Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:37:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197862 Commercial and contractual dealings that do not show dishonest intention at the inception, fraudulent inducement, or the essential ingredients of criminal breach of trust cannot sustain criminal process under Section 156(3) of the CrPC. The allegations here disclosed a civil dispute with a clear contractual flavour, and there was no specific material to fix vicarious liability on company officers under Section 34 IPC. Earlier complaints on the same subject had already been treated as civil in nature, and the later complaint was delayed. In these circumstances, the direction to investigate and the connected criminal proceedings were held to be unsustainable and liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197862