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ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY
Bajrang Lal Agarwal, S/o. Lt. Madanlal Agarwal – Appellant
Versus
State Of Assam – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(Arun Dev Choudhury, J.)
1. Heard Mr. A. M. Bora, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Ms. C. Choudhury, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. P. J. Saikia, learned Senior Counsel for the respondent No. 2 and Mr. K. K. Das, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State respondents.
2. The present petition is filed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 for quashing of FIR dated 07.11.2015 registered as Digboi Police Station Case No. 296/15 under Sections 120(B)/406/420/34 of IPC corresponding to GR Case No. 921/2016 pending before the learned Court of Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Margherita, Tinsukia.
3. The brief facts as stated and alleged in the FIR dated 07.11.2015 are recorded herein below:-
The court ruled that a civil dispute cannot be criminalized without clear evidence of fraudulent intent, leading to the quashing of the FIR.
Civil disputes can involve criminal elements; thus, the existence of a civil remedy does not automatically justify quashing a criminal FIR.
A mere breach of contract does not amount to a criminal offence unless fraudulent intent is established from the outset.
The court clarified that allegations solely involving civil transactions cannot form the basis for criminal charges under IPC Sections 406 and 420 without evidence of fraudulent intent.
A breach of contract does not constitute a criminal act unless there is fraudulent intent at the transaction's inception, distinguishing civil liabilities from criminal offences of cheating and breac....
The FIR was quashed as it lacked essential elements of criminal breach of trust and cheating, being merely a misuse of criminal process to enforce a contractual obligation.
Criminal proceedings cannot arise from mere breach of contract; such disputes should be resolved through civil remedies, and misuse of criminal law for civil disputes is an abuse of process.
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