https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459438 A prolonged land dispute, pursued through civil proceedings for years, was later converted into a criminal complaint after development, approvals and sale of apartments, which the Court viewed as indicative of mala fide pressure tactics. The Court reiterated that inherent power to prevent abuse of process and secure the ends of justice permits quashing even where a special statute is invoked, if the allegations are essentially civil or do not disclose the alleged offence. On the face of the FIR and complaint, no offence under the SC/ST Act was made out against the appellant, and the FIR and consequential proceedings were quashed insofar as they related to the appellant. en-us Wed, 10 May 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:06:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459438 A prolonged land dispute, pursued through civil proceedings for years, was later converted into a criminal complaint after development, approvals and sale of apartments, which the Court viewed as indicative of mala fide pressure tactics. The Court reiterated that inherent power to prevent abuse of process and secure the ends of justice permits quashing even where a special statute is invoked, if the allegations are essentially civil or do not disclose the alleged offence. On the face of the FIR and complaint, no offence under the SC/ST Act was made out against the appellant, and the FIR and consequential proceedings were quashed insofar as they related to the appellant. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 10 May 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459438