https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=392716 Allegations arising from vehicle-finance transactions, alleged defects in goods, deficiency in service and cheque dishonour were treated as a civil or commercial dispute, because no specific criminal role was pleaded against the named officer and the consumer dispute was already pending before the consumer forum. The complaint was also forwarded mechanically for police investigation under Section 156(3) CrPC without showing compliance with the statutory preconditions for invoking Section 154(3) CrPC. On that basis, the High Court held that criminal process was being used to pressurise a civil dispute and that the FIR was liable to be quashed to prevent abuse of process. en-us Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 27 Feb 2020 06:57:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=392716 Allegations arising from vehicle-finance transactions, alleged defects in goods, deficiency in service and cheque dishonour were treated as a civil or commercial dispute, because no specific criminal role was pleaded against the named officer and the consumer dispute was already pending before the consumer forum. The complaint was also forwarded mechanically for police investigation under Section 156(3) CrPC without showing compliance with the statutory preconditions for invoking Section 154(3) CrPC. On that basis, the High Court held that criminal process was being used to pressurise a civil dispute and that the FIR was liable to be quashed to prevent abuse of process. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=392716