https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=421535 A later criminal complaint alleging theft and misuse of a cheque was treated as a mala fide counterblast to pending cheque dishonour proceedings and was quashed as an abuse of process. The court relied on the timing of the allegations, the earlier progress of the Section 138 prosecution, and the lack of sustainable basis for the later complaint. The rejection of the request for joint trial under Section 223 CrPC was also upheld, as no perversity was shown and the cheque dishonour case had already reached final hearing. The cheque dishonour proceedings were allowed to continue in accordance with law. en-us Fri, 22 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 27 Apr 2022 08:29:51 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=421535 A later criminal complaint alleging theft and misuse of a cheque was treated as a mala fide counterblast to pending cheque dishonour proceedings and was quashed as an abuse of process. The court relied on the timing of the allegations, the earlier progress of the Section 138 prosecution, and the lack of sustainable basis for the later complaint. The rejection of the request for joint trial under Section 223 CrPC was also upheld, as no perversity was shown and the cheque dishonour case had already reached final hearing. The cheque dishonour proceedings were allowed to continue in accordance with law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 22 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=421535