SHAMPA DUTT (PAUL)
Amit Prakash Agarwal – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Shampa Dutt (Paul), J.
1. The present revisional application has been preferred praying for quashing and/or setting aside of the impugned charge sheet being no. 392/2020 dated 30.11.2020 under Sections 447/448/509/354/323/504/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 arising out of Chanditala P.S. Case No. 325 of 2020 dated 22.10.2020 under Sections 427 /447 /448 /509 /354B /323 /325 /504 /506 /120B /34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 pending before the Court of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Serampore, Hooghly.
2. The allegations in the petition of complaint filed under Section 156 (3) Cr. PC is as follows:-
Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Maharashtra and Others
Criminal proceedings cannot be initiated for civil disputes; a prima facie case must exist to avoid abuse of legal processes.
The court held that a mere breach of contract does not constitute a criminal offence, and inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC can quash proceedings that are essentially civil disputes.
Criminal proceedings should not continue if they arise from a civil dispute and lack criminal elements, as this constitutes an abuse of process.
A criminal complaint based on essentially civil disputes, particularly where no prima facie case exists, can be quashed to prevent abuse of legal processes.
The Court held that the inherent power of the High Court under Section 482 CrPC can be exercised to quash a criminal proceeding if it is found that the proceeding is an abuse of the process of the Co....
Main Legal Point
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the inherent power under section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code should be sparingly used and only in exceptional cases to prevent abuse of....
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