Supreme Court of India

All Cargo Movers (i) Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. v. Dhanesh Badarmal Jain and Anr.

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Reported as [2007] 11 S.C.R. 271
Bench S.B. Sinha J.
Decided 12 October 2007

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the allegations made in the complaint petition, even if given face value and taken to be correct in its entirety, do not disclose an offence.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss. I 90 and 482-Exercise of power under-Dispute between parties arising out of a contract of carriage-Suit with regard to the said dispute pending before High Court-Criminal complaint filed alleging breach of trust-Magistrate issuing summons-Petition for quashing summons dismissed by High Court-HELD: Breach of contract simplicitor does not constitute an offence-Allegations in complaint petition must also disclose necessary ingredients of the offence-On facts, complaint petition does not disclose any averment with regard to ingredients of offences u/ss 406

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