Section 420 IPC: Supreme Court flags "disquieting trend" of cheating cases transforming into money recovery proceedings

The Supreme Court has stressed that High Courts and trial courts should not be 'unduly swayed' by lawyers who call for making the amount in dispute the deposit needed for the grant of anticipatory bail in such cases.
Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Dipankar Datta
Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Dipankar Datta
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday took exception to the trend of courts allowing cases involving allegations of cheating, which is punishable under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), to effectively become money recovery proceedings on the whims of the lawyer [Ramesh Kumar vs State of NCT of Delhi].

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