A.S. RAGHUNATHAN . vs T. SAMPATHKUMAR — Crl.A. No. 15/2005

Case Summary: Crl.A. No. 15/2005 The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by A.S. Raghunathan against T. Sampathkumar, finding that the respondent's second criminal complaint (filed August 8, 2002) was an abuse of court process. The underlying dispute was civil in nature—involving accounts rendition—and police investigations twice concluded no criminal offense existed. The Court set aside the High Court's order and quashed both the second complaint and the original complaint dated November 2, 1999. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.