Shailesh Kumar Singh @ Shailesh R. Singh vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. (SC)

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023–Secs. 316(2), 318(2) & 60(b) [Corresponding Secs. 406, 417 & 120 of IPC, 1860]–FIR for the offence–Sustainability–Oral agreement between the parties–Resondent no. 4 might have parted with some money in accordance with the oral agreement–Plain reading of the FIR does not disclose any element of criminality–No Civil case has been filed till date for recovery of money–In a Civil dispute between the parties, amount cannot be recovered by filing a first information report–This amounts to abuse of process of law–FIR quashed.