High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Cheating Case Due to Civil Nature of Dispute — Promise to Marry Not Proven as False from Inception. The court held that a mere breach of promise to marry does not constitute cheating under Section 417 IPC unless the promise was false at the time it was made, and the dispute being essentially civil, criminal proceedings were an abuse of process.
16 Dec 2016The petitioner, D.S. Karthik, filed a criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking to quash the cognizance tak...
