Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973–Secs. 200 & 202–Penal Code, 1860–Secs. 384 & 120-B–Issuance of process–Justification–Criminal complaint– Magistrate sent the complaint for inquiry after recording the statements u/s. 200–Police submitted report–Magistrate issued the direction for further inquiry
and issued the process against the petitioner–Land transaction between the parties –Complainant was not satisfied with the money received and wanted to extort more money–Dispute has been settled by the parties after passing of impugned order–Further, the dispute was of civil nature–Held, the continuance of proceedings is unwarranted–Quashed.


