Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings in POSCO Case Due to Malicious Prosecution — Complaint Filed with Ulterior Motive to Settle Property Dispute. The Court held that where a criminal complaint is manifestly attended with mala fide and maliciously instituted to wreak vengeance due to private grudge, it is an abuse of process and liable to be quashed under Section 482 CrPC.
31 Jan 2020The appeal arose from a property dispute between the families of the appellants and the respondent-complainant. A civil suit for partition was pending...




