https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297909 Allegations of forgery, use of forged documents, cheating-related conduct, and criminal breach of trust can justify continuation of criminal proceedings even where the same dispute also gives rise to civil litigation. A pending civil suit or civil overtones do not, by themselves, negate criminality or create a bar to prosecution. The threshold test for quashing is whether the complaint, read as a whole and at face value, prima facie discloses an offence or a legal bar to proceedings. Where such factual foundation exists, the High Court should not terminate the prosecution merely because the documents' genuineness is disputed. The criminal case was directed to continue. en-us Thu, 11 Oct 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 13 Jun 2022 17:28:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297909 Allegations of forgery, use of forged documents, cheating-related conduct, and criminal breach of trust can justify continuation of criminal proceedings even where the same dispute also gives rise to civil litigation. A pending civil suit or civil overtones do not, by themselves, negate criminality or create a bar to prosecution. The threshold test for quashing is whether the complaint, read as a whole and at face value, prima facie discloses an offence or a legal bar to proceedings. Where such factual foundation exists, the High Court should not terminate the prosecution merely because the documents' genuineness is disputed. The criminal case was directed to continue. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 11 Oct 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297909