‘Criminal law can’t be weapon in civil claims’: Karnataka High Court cancels property case

4 min readBengaluruJul 27, 2026 01:32 PM IST The Karnataka High Court ruled that criminal proceedings cannot be used to secure an advantage in a pending partition suit (Image generated using AI).Cancelling a cheating and forgery case registered against a 73-year-old widow by her youngest daughter residing in Singapore, the Karnataka High Court last week observed that criminal process cannot be permitted to become a surrogate for civil remedies or an instrument of pressure to secure an advantage in a pending partition suit. In an order dated July 21, Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by M V Mythili, 73, and her elder daughter M V Smitha, 50, cancelling the criminal proceedings initiated against them under charges of cheating and forgery. The case was registered on a complain