In Brief
The appellant filed a criminal appeal against the High Court's refusal to quash criminal proceedings for forgery and cheating. The criminal complaint alleged that an agreement dated 30.03.1988 was a forged document. However, an appellate civil court later held that the agreement was not forged. The Supreme Court held that when the foundational facts supporting a criminal complaint are conclusively disproven by an appellate court, the substratum of the complaint vanishes. Allowing prosecution to proceed becomes an abuse of process. The Court quashed the criminal proceedings and allowed the appeal, also noting that the High Court's order was deficient for lacking reasoned analysis of the specific facts and materials presented."> </invoke>
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