https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=419278 FIR under Section 174-A IPC and the proclamation order were treated as unsustainable where the underlying Section 138 NI Act complaint had been compromised and withdrawn. The record showed that the petitioner had not been duly served, later appeared and obtained bail, and the cheque amount was paid pursuant to compromise. Since the proclamation order stemmed solely from the cheque dishonour proceedings, continuation of the criminal proceedings was considered an abuse of process. The petition was allowed and the FIR, proclamation order, and all consequential proceedings were quashed. en-us Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 16:30:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=419278 FIR under Section 174-A IPC and the proclamation order were treated as unsustainable where the underlying Section 138 NI Act complaint had been compromised and withdrawn. The record showed that the petitioner had not been duly served, later appeared and obtained bail, and the cheque amount was paid pursuant to compromise. Since the proclamation order stemmed solely from the cheque dishonour proceedings, continuation of the criminal proceedings was considered an abuse of process. The petition was allowed and the FIR, proclamation order, and all consequential proceedings were quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=419278