Summary
- The Calcutta High Court has quashed a criminal case against an advocate accused of forcibly taking possession of a senior citizen's house, citing abuse of process due to a parallel civil suit.
- Justice Uday Kumar emphasized that allowing a criminal trial on identical allegations would conflict with the ongoing civil proceedings, where fraud was not established.
- The court noted that the civil court had already protected the complainant's possession through an injunction, indicating the dispute was fundamentally civil in nature.
- This ruling underscores the judiciary's caution against using criminal proceedings as leverage in civil disputes, potentially reshaping how such cases are approached in the future.
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