Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
Lalita Kumari Principles | Police Cannot Register FIR in Property Dispute Without Cognizable Offence : Bombay HC Nagpur Bench
Bombay HC Nagpur Bench reinforces Lalita Kumari guidelines, holding that police cannot convert a civil property dispute into a criminal inquiry merely because a sale deed exists. The court quashed police summons where no cognizable offence was disclosed, even after a five-year delay in complaint filing.