Case Law Analysis
|Calcutta High Court
Civil commercial oil-supply dispute not a criminal offence; FIR under Sections 420/406 IPC quashed | Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court ruled that a dispute over unpaid industrial oil supplies is a civil matter, so the criminal case under Sections 420 and 406 IPC was dismissed. This clarifies that commercial payment conflicts cannot be pursued as cheating or criminal breach of trust without clear criminal intent, safeguarding businesses from misuse of criminal law.