https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=792621 Criminal prosecution for cheating and use of forged documents may be quashed where a banking dispute has been fully and finally settled through an approved compromise, the settlement amount has been paid, a no dues certificate issued, and the Debts Recovery Tribunal has recorded withdrawal of recovery proceedings. The Supreme Court applied the Section 482 CrPC principle that interference is justified when the dispute is overwhelmingly civil, the prospect of conviction is remote, and continuation of prosecution would be an abuse of process. On those facts, the belated chargesheet and charge-framing order were quashed. en-us Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:25:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=792621 Criminal prosecution for cheating and use of forged documents may be quashed where a banking dispute has been fully and finally settled through an approved compromise, the settlement amount has been paid, a no dues certificate issued, and the Debts Recovery Tribunal has recorded withdrawal of recovery proceedings. The Supreme Court applied the Section 482 CrPC principle that interference is justified when the dispute is overwhelmingly civil, the prospect of conviction is remote, and continuation of prosecution would be an abuse of process. On those facts, the belated chargesheet and charge-framing order were quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=792621