https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310614 A genuine compromise may justify quashing criminal proceedings under the High Court's inherent powers where the dispute is essentially private and continuation would amount to abuse of process. On that basis, proceedings for cheating and criminal conspiracy were treated as quashable after the compromise was found genuine. A separate prosecution for non-appearance after proclamation was also considered quashable where the accused later appeared, joined investigation, obtained bail, and the object of the coercive process had been achieved. The stated principle is that quashing may extend even to an offence under Section 174-A IPC when further prosecution would serve no useful purpose after the main dispute has been settled. en-us Wed, 01 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 02 Nov 2023 19:16:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310614 A genuine compromise may justify quashing criminal proceedings under the High Court's inherent powers where the dispute is essentially private and continuation would amount to abuse of process. On that basis, proceedings for cheating and criminal conspiracy were treated as quashable after the compromise was found genuine. A separate prosecution for non-appearance after proclamation was also considered quashable where the accused later appeared, joined investigation, obtained bail, and the object of the coercive process had been achieved. The stated principle is that quashing may extend even to an offence under Section 174-A IPC when further prosecution would serve no useful purpose after the main dispute has been settled. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 01 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310614