https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=429719 Where the core allegation concerns dishonour of a cheque issued for payment of supplied goods, the dispute falls within the Negotiable Instruments Act rather than Sections 406 and 420 IPC. An FIR-based criminal prosecution in that setting is legally unsustainable because the governing remedy is a complaint under the special statutory procedure in Section 142. The proceeding and cognizance order were therefore quashed, while the complainant remained free to pursue the appropriate complaint remedy under the Act. en-us Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 04 Nov 2022 08:50:27 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=429719 Where the core allegation concerns dishonour of a cheque issued for payment of supplied goods, the dispute falls within the Negotiable Instruments Act rather than Sections 406 and 420 IPC. An FIR-based criminal prosecution in that setting is legally unsustainable because the governing remedy is a complaint under the special statutory procedure in Section 142. The proceeding and cognizance order were therefore quashed, while the complainant remained free to pursue the appropriate complaint remedy under the Act. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=429719