Dead Witnesses, No Proof, 25-Year Delay: Allahabad HC Quashes “Afterthought” Case Against Man Over 1997 Illegal Land Lease
“The absence of any action for cancellation of deeds for such a prolonged period clearly indicates that the dispute is essentially civil and revenue in nature, and that the criminal machinery has been set in motion afterthought and as a substitute for appropriate civil remedies, which is impermissible in law.”