https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299247 A commercial supply dispute arising from a written contract for iron was treated as civil in nature because the pleadings and charge sheet disclosed only a claim for unpaid balance consideration. The High Court held that non-payment alone does not establish entrustment, dishonest misappropriation, or a contemporaneous intention to induce delivery of property. As the essential ingredients of criminal breach of trust and cheating were absent, continuation of the prosecution amounted to an abuse of process and the criminal proceedings were quashed. en-us Mon, 07 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:23:11 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299247 A commercial supply dispute arising from a written contract for iron was treated as civil in nature because the pleadings and charge sheet disclosed only a claim for unpaid balance consideration. The High Court held that non-payment alone does not establish entrustment, dishonest misappropriation, or a contemporaneous intention to induce delivery of property. As the essential ingredients of criminal breach of trust and cheating were absent, continuation of the prosecution amounted to an abuse of process and the criminal proceedings were quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 07 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299247