https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=403986 Allegations arising from a commercial dispute did not disclose the essential ingredients of cheating or criminal breach of trust, because the complaint did not allege dishonest inducement, delivery of property, entrustment, or misappropriation. The Magistrate's order directing registration of the FIR under Section 156(3) CrPC was also a non-speaking order and did not satisfy the requirements for invoking that provision. Applying the principles governing inherent jurisdiction and quashing, the High Court held that the allegations were inherently insufficient to sustain prosecution and that continuation of the criminal case would amount to abuse of process. The FIR and all subsequent criminal proceedings were quashed. en-us Wed, 02 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:02:24 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=403986 Allegations arising from a commercial dispute did not disclose the essential ingredients of cheating or criminal breach of trust, because the complaint did not allege dishonest inducement, delivery of property, entrustment, or misappropriation. The Magistrate's order directing registration of the FIR under Section 156(3) CrPC was also a non-speaking order and did not satisfy the requirements for invoking that provision. Applying the principles governing inherent jurisdiction and quashing, the High Court held that the allegations were inherently insufficient to sustain prosecution and that continuation of the criminal case would amount to abuse of process. The FIR and all subsequent criminal proceedings were quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 02 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=403986