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Cognizance of the said case was taken under Sections 406, 420, 467 and 120(B) of the Penal Code, 1860. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner moved this Court under Section 482 of CrPC praying for quashing of the learned Magistrate\u2019s order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court observed that a purely civil dispute with regard to the distribution of money among the office bearers of the concerned NGO could not be said to be in the nature of any criminal offence as it was a pure and simple money dispute among the office bearers of the said NGO.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was opined that where a person is aggrieved by non-payment of money, the only remedy available is under common civil law by way of filing a money suit. Reliance, in this regard, was placed on the judgment in <em>Indian Oil Corpn. v. NEPC India Ltd<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Jd457PP0\">(2006) 6 SCC 736<\/a> where the practice of settling civil disputes by applying pressure through criminal prosecution was deprecated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In view of the above, it was held that the institution of complaint case against the petitioner was the abuse of process of the court, and petitioner\u2019s application was allowed.[Rameshwar Prasad Sinha v. 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