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PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH
Krishna Yadav – Appellant
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State of Bihar – Respondent
PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH, J.:–This is an application for quashing the order dated 27.02.2018 passed by learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate – II, Aurangabad (hereinafter referred to as the “Magistrate”) in Complaint Case No. 583 of 2017 whereby and whereunder cognizance has been taken against petitioners under Section 417, 420, 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as the “I.P.C.”)
2. The complaint case, in brief, is that petitioner no. 2 Suraj Singh, who is gotiya of the complainant, got registered fraudulently sale-deed in the name of Dharmendra Yadav (petitioner no. 5) and other co-accused persons are witness to the sale-deed and thereby committed offence under Sections 417, 420 and 120(B) of the I.P.C. The learned Magistrate, after carefully perusing the complaint petition, has arrived at a prima facie conclusion against the accused persons (petitioners herein) that the offence under Sections 417, 420 and 120(B) of the I.P.C. is made out.
3. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the present case is purely a civil dispute between the parties. Complainant and petitioners are gotiyas. For the same piece of land, the complainant has earlier filed a t
The courts can quash criminal proceedings if there is insufficient evidence to sustain the allegations of fraud.
Non-execution of sale deed after receiving money does not establish fraudulent intention and may not give rise to criminal liability.
The court emphasized the distinction between civil disputes and criminal offences, quashing the FIR due to lack of criminal intent in the allegations.
Findings of civil courts are not binding in criminal proceedings; different standards of proof apply.
The central legal point established in the judgment is that allegations involving the execution of a sale deed claiming ownership do not necessarily constitute the offence of cheating under section 4....
The absence of specific allegations of deception and intent to defraud against a party in criminal proceedings can lead to the quashing of charges under the Indian Penal Code.
There must be a prima facie case for a cognizance order; if facts only reveal a civil dispute, the criminal proceedings cannot proceed.
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