Purchaser Of Property Requesting Tenants To Vacate Or Face Eviction Not Guilty Of 'Criminal Intimidation': Calcutta High Court
Live LawThe Calcutta High Court has quashed a case of criminal intimidation under Section 506 IPC initiated by tenants against the purchaser of a property who had asked the tenants to vacate the premises or face eviction.Justice Shampa Paul held: It is for the respondent no. The Calcutta High Court has quashed a case of criminal intimidation under Section 506 IPC initiated by tenants against the purchaser of a property who had asked the tenants to vacate the premises or face eviction. A person who has purchased the property with tenants refusing to vacate ill normally request the parties to vacate the premises before initiating proceedings for eviction. It was further stated that the Magistrate had directed the enquiry officer to draw proceedings under Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, which is a non-cognizable offence but, the officer initiated an FIR and the same also ended in a charge-sheet which appeared to be an abuse of the process of law.
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