https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295077 A complaint that is self-contradictory and, on its face, lacks the essential averments for cheating or criminal breach of trust does not justify continuation of criminal proceedings. Where the material instead discloses only a sale-and-purchase land dispute giving rise to civil liability, and no guilty intention or deception can be attributed even if the allegations are accepted as true, the inherent jurisdiction of the Court may be invoked to prevent abuse of process. The complaint, cognizance order and consequential summons were therefore quashed as unsustainable. en-us Thu, 11 May 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 18 May 2021 11:39:42 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295077 A complaint that is self-contradictory and, on its face, lacks the essential averments for cheating or criminal breach of trust does not justify continuation of criminal proceedings. Where the material instead discloses only a sale-and-purchase land dispute giving rise to civil liability, and no guilty intention or deception can be attributed even if the allegations are accepted as true, the inherent jurisdiction of the Court may be invoked to prevent abuse of process. The complaint, cognizance order and consequential summons were therefore quashed as unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 11 May 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295077