{"id":224685,"date":"2020-01-29T11:30:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=224685"},"modified":"2020-01-31T10:59:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T05:29:37","slug":"ker-hc-no-bar-to-simultaneous-continuance-of-a-criminal-proceeding-and-a-civil-proceeding-if-the-two-arise-from-separate-causes-of-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/01\/29\/ker-hc-no-bar-to-simultaneous-continuance-of-a-criminal-proceeding-and-a-civil-proceeding-if-the-two-arise-from-separate-causes-of-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Ker HC | No bar to simultaneous continuance of a criminal proceeding and a civil proceeding, if the two arise from separate causes of action"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kerala High Court:<\/strong> R. Narayana Pisharadi, J. dismissed a petition praying for quashing the criminal proceedings against the petitioner initiated under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 when a simultaneous arbitration proceeding was going on against the petitioner in a civil court.<\/p>\n

The petitioner was a surety for one, M.L. George, who had subscribed for four of the respondent company\u2019s chitties and defaulted in paying a certain balance amount. As surety for George, the petitioner was supposed to pay the balance amount to the respondent company on his default. The petitioner failed to pay the amount owed by Mr George to the respondent company and hence a complaint was filed against the petitioner under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.<\/p>\n

The counsels for petitioner P.V. Kunhikrishnan and P.V. Anoop contended that the averments in the complaint do not constitute the ingredients of the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Further, it was contended that the initiation of the arbitration proceedings at the instance of the respondent affected the maintainability of the complaint filed against the petitioner for an offence punishable under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.<\/p>\n

The Court did not find any merit in the contentions of the petitioner and hence rejected the petitioner\u2019s contentions. Reliance was placed on the case of Sri Krishna Agencies v. State of A.P.<\/em>, (2009) 1 SCC 69<\/a> where the Supreme Court, setting aside the order of the High Court for quashing proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, on the grounds of simultaneous arbitration proceeding, held that disputes to arbitration could not be an effective substitute for a criminal prosecution when the disputed act is an offence. It must, however, be elementary that the two are based on the independent cause of action.<\/p>\n

Hence, the Court consequently dismissed the petition and allowed both criminal and civil proceedings simultaneously against the petitioner. [Bindhu A.V. v. Sree Gokulam Chit And Finance Co. (P) Ltd., 2020 SCC OnLine Ker 198<\/b><\/a>, decided on 17-01-2020]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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