https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294884 Allegations arising from mediation in the telecast arrangement of a television channel were treated as essentially civil because they concerned alleged non-payment to cable operators, not conduct showing entrustment, dishonest misappropriation, dishonest inducement from inception, or criminal intimidation. The Court applied the settled distinction between a civil wrong and a criminal wrong and found that the absence of a clear contractual nexus, together with a pending civil suit over the same transaction, showed that the complaint did not satisfy the basic ingredients of the penal offences alleged. The FIR was therefore held not to disclose a prima facie criminal case, and the consequential criminal proceedings were quashed as abuse of process. en-us Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:48:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294884 Allegations arising from mediation in the telecast arrangement of a television channel were treated as essentially civil because they concerned alleged non-payment to cable operators, not conduct showing entrustment, dishonest misappropriation, dishonest inducement from inception, or criminal intimidation. The Court applied the settled distinction between a civil wrong and a criminal wrong and found that the absence of a clear contractual nexus, together with a pending civil suit over the same transaction, showed that the complaint did not satisfy the basic ingredients of the penal offences alleged. The FIR was therefore held not to disclose a prima facie criminal case, and the consequential criminal proceedings were quashed as abuse of process. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294884