Supreme Court of India
Dr Sonia Verma & Anr. v. The State of Haryana & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
For the reasons stated above, the Impugned Order is set aside and the entire criminal proceedings arising out of the Subject FIR are quashed and set aside.
Judgment, page 6
From the headnote
Criminal Law – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s. 482 – Inherent powers – Scope of exercise of power for quashing the criminal proceedings: Held: The High Court ought to have quashed the criminal proceedings when it was apprised of the fact that the substance of the Criminal Complaint served only a cast of doubt on the validity of a commercial transaction and an appropriate civil remedy was already being pursued. [Para 17] Abuse of Law – Dispute essentially civil in nature, given a cloak of criminality – Circumstances: Held: Circumstances such as the Complainant/ Respondent No. 2
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