https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=426456 The article examines whether prosecution under the Negotiable Instruments Act and prosecution for offences such as cheating or criminal breach of trust under the Indian Penal Code can proceed on the same facts without violating Section 300(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure or Article 20(2) of the Constitution. It notes conflicting coordinate-Bench views: one line treats the statutory ingredients as distinct despite factual overlap, while another suggests a later Penal Code prosecution may be barred after trial under the special statute on the same facts. It also explains that divergent two-Judge decisions on the same legal issue required referral to a larger Bench for authoritative determination. en-us Thu, 11 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 17 Aug 2022 12:47:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=426456 The article examines whether prosecution under the Negotiable Instruments Act and prosecution for offences such as cheating or criminal breach of trust under the Indian Penal Code can proceed on the same facts without violating Section 300(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure or Article 20(2) of the Constitution. It notes conflicting coordinate-Bench views: one line treats the statutory ingredients as distinct despite factual overlap, while another suggests a later Penal Code prosecution may be barred after trial under the special statute on the same facts. It also explains that divergent two-Judge decisions on the same legal issue required referral to a larger Bench for authoritative determination. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 11 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=426456