Criminal Case Should Be Quashed If Civil Dispute Is Pending on Same Issue and No Criminality Is Involved: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India, on July 31, 2025, reiterated that criminal proceedings must be quashed if the matter is purely civil in nature and lacks any criminal intent from the beginning of the transaction. The bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah ruled that allowing both civil and criminal actions on the same dispute without any criminality constitutes abuse of court process. Facts of the Case The case…