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The Commissioner Of Police vs Devender Anand on 8 August, 2019

24. Even assuming that there is an encroachment, it is essentially a civil in nature and the parties should resolve their dispute only through a Civil Court, and the CW1 cannot give a criminal colour to the same, it is nothing but an abuse of process of law. Even when there is a violation of interim order, the contempt proceedings could have been initiated against the accused however no such steps were taken. At this juncture, it is profitable to refer to the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the case of G.Sagar Suri v. State of U.P reported in 2000(2) SCC 636 wherein it has been held that the criminal proceedings is not a short cut remedy, when other remedies are available in law and in the case of the Commissioner of Police and Ors. vs. Devender Anand and Ors reported in AIR 2019 SUPREME COURT 3807 held that the criminal proceedings initiated by Original complainant is nothing but an abuse of the process of law for settling a civil dispute thereby the accused is entitled for an order of acquittal and answered the above point No.1 and 2 in the negative.
Supreme Court of India Cites 4 - Cited by 60 - M R Shah - Full Document

G. Sagar Suri And Anr vs State Of Up. And Ors on 28 January, 2000

24. Even assuming that there is an encroachment, it is essentially a civil in nature and the parties should resolve their dispute only through a Civil Court, and the CW1 cannot give a criminal colour to the same, it is nothing but an abuse of process of law. Even when there is a violation of interim order, the contempt proceedings could have been initiated against the accused however no such steps were taken. At this juncture, it is profitable to refer to the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the case of G.Sagar Suri v. State of U.P reported in 2000(2) SCC 636 wherein it has been held that the criminal proceedings is not a short cut remedy, when other remedies are available in law and in the case of the Commissioner of Police and Ors. vs. Devender Anand and Ors reported in AIR 2019 SUPREME COURT 3807 held that the criminal proceedings initiated by Original complainant is nothing but an abuse of the process of law for settling a civil dispute thereby the accused is entitled for an order of acquittal and answered the above point No.1 and 2 in the negative.
Supreme Court of India Cites 15 - Cited by 1136 - D P Wadhwa - Full Document
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