In Brief
A Director of a company issued cheques that were dishonoured, and criminal proceedings were initiated under the Negotiable Instruments Act. The appellant's first application to quash the proceedings was dismissed. He filed a second application with newly available documentary evidence (Form 32 from the Registrar) proving he had resigned before the cheques were issued. The High Court dismissed the second application as not maintainable. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal, holding that a successive application under Section 482 CrPC is maintainable when brought with materially different evidence and changed circumstances, even after dismissal of an earlier application. Since the appellant's resignation predated the cheques, prosecution against him amounted to abuse of process, and the proceedings were quashed.
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