https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295050 Allegations in the FIR did not disclose the ingredients of cheating, criminal breach of trust, or dishonest misappropriation because they lacked specific averments of fraudulent intention at inception, entrustment, diversion, or dishonest use of property. The Gujarat HC found the accusations to be vague and general, with no identified false statement, breached promise, or individual role attributed to each accused, and no material showing that public funds were diverted back to the applicants. The Court held that criminal investigation cannot be used as a fishing inquiry to an offence and that no prima facie Penal Code case was made out on the face of the FIR; the FIR was therefore liable to be quashed. en-us Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 17 May 2021 15:26:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295050 Allegations in the FIR did not disclose the ingredients of cheating, criminal breach of trust, or dishonest misappropriation because they lacked specific averments of fraudulent intention at inception, entrustment, diversion, or dishonest use of property. The Gujarat HC found the accusations to be vague and general, with no identified false statement, breached promise, or individual role attributed to each accused, and no material showing that public funds were diverted back to the applicants. The Court held that criminal investigation cannot be used as a fishing inquiry to an offence and that no prima facie Penal Code case was made out on the face of the FIR; the FIR was therefore liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Companies Law Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295050