https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=367547 Proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act for cheque dishonour were held to involve different ingredients from an FIR alleging cheating, criminal breach of trust and conspiracy based on dishonest inducement, wrongful gain and siphoning of funds, so the bar of double jeopardy under Article 20(2) and Section 300 CrPC did not apply. Because the investigation was still at a preliminary stage and the factual matrix had not fully unfolded, the Court held that inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC should be exercised sparingly and declined to quash the FIR at the threshold. The challenge to the FIR therefore failed. en-us Wed, 29 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 22 Sep 2018 17:07:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=367547 Proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act for cheque dishonour were held to involve different ingredients from an FIR alleging cheating, criminal breach of trust and conspiracy based on dishonest inducement, wrongful gain and siphoning of funds, so the bar of double jeopardy under Article 20(2) and Section 300 CrPC did not apply. Because the investigation was still at a preliminary stage and the factual matrix had not fully unfolded, the Court held that inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC should be exercised sparingly and declined to quash the FIR at the threshold. The challenge to the FIR therefore failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 29 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=367547