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N.S.M. Adaikappa Chettiar vs The Official Assignee, High Court on 3 January, 1969

13. It is a matter of settled law that fraud like any other charge of criminal offence, whether made in civil or criminal proceedings, must be established beyond reasonable doubt and that howsoever suspicious the circumstances or grave the doubts may be, suspicion alone can never take 11 of 22 ::: Downloaded on - 21-02-2026 01:49:52 ::: RSA-2395-1990(O&M) 12 the place of proof. The Privy Council, in the case of A.L.N. Narayanan Chettyar (supra), laid down the said legal principle. In the said regard, further reference is made to the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of "Union of India Vs. M/s. Chaturbhai M. Patel & Co., reported as 1976 AIR SC 712, in which the above-said settled law was highlighted and it was observed that the appellant therein was not able to make out a case of fraud.
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