A Seven-Year-Old Cheating Case Ends After Amicable Compromise: Jharkhand HC Quashes Proceedings, Holds Continuation Would Be Abuse of Process
The Court held that the offences involved in the case are not heinous offences nor does it constitute any offence of mental depravity rather the same relates to a petty private dispute between the parties. Due to the complete settlement between the petitioner and the respondent, the possibility of conviction of the petitioner was remote and bleak.