In Brief
A complainant alleged that respondents committed forgery and prepared false documents affecting a development agreement. The Trial Court issued process, but the High Court quashed it, holding the dispute was purely civil in nature. The Supreme Court held that at the stage of summoning, courts need only find a prima facie case and cannot evaluate merits. Since the complaint disclosed ingredients of criminal offences (forgery, false documentation), the proceedings could not be interdicted merely because the dispute had civil elements. The appeal was allowed and the High Court's judgment set aside.
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