SC Quashes Cheating Case: Partnership Split Is Purely Civil

Inder Chand Bagri Vs Jagadish Prasad Bagri & Another (Supreme Court of India) No Cheating, No Trust Breach-Just a Business Breakup- Partnership Fallout Isn’t Penal- Dispute Found Purely Civil: Criminal Case for Cheating & Breach of Trust Quashed- SC Sends Civil Dispute Back to Civil Court This appeal arose from the Gauhati High Court’s refusal to quash criminal proceedings initiated against the appellant u/s 406, 420 & 120B IPC. The dispute stemmed from a partnership formed in 1976 for construction & leasing of godowns on land belonging to the appellant. A supplementary ag...