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Vesa Holdings P. Ltd. & Anr. v. State of Kerala & Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 4 S.C.R. 27

Bench V. Gopala Gowda and C. Nagappan JJ.

Decided 17 March 2015

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Penal Code, 1860: s. 420 - Cheating - Proceedings under- Petition for quashing the proceedings - Dismissed by High Court - On appeal, held: Every breach of contract would not give rise to an offence of cheating - For the purpose c of constituting an offence of cheating, fraudulent or dishonest intention should exist at the inception and if such intention is developed later, would not encompass within itself the offence of cheating-In the facts of the present case, offence uls. 420 not made out- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 -£482 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 482 - Quashing of

Authorities it was built on

2007 All Cargo Movers (i) Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. v. Dhanesh Badarmal Jain and Anr. cited by 9
2008 V.Y. Jose & Anr. v. State of Gujarat & Anr. cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2024 Naresh Kumar & Anr. v. The State of Karnataka & Anr. relied on
2022 Vijay Kumar Ghai & Ors. v. The State of West Bengal & Ors. relied on
2020 Sushil Sethi and Another v. The State of Arunachal Pradesh and Others relied on
2026 V. Ganesan v. State Rep by the Sub Inspector of Police referred to
2025 S.N. Vijaylakshmi & Ors. v. State of Karnataka & Anr. referred to
2021 Priti Saraf & Anr. v. State of Nct of Delhi & Anr. referred to
2021 Kapil Agarwal and Others v. Sanjay Sharma and Others referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 4 referred to

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