Central Bureau of Investigation vs Sarvodaya Highways Ltd. 2025 INSC 1359 - S.482 CrPC - Economic Offences -OTS With Banks

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 482 - Economic Offences -One-time settlement - Quashing of proceedings of a criminal case on strength of a compromise prohibited in cases where loss to public exchequer is evident and the offences under the PC Act, 1988 are applied (Para 30) -In cases involving economic offences, it is not merely the Bank that stands defrauded, but the society at large is also impacted - one-time settlement would not fetch the entire amount to which the Bank was otherwise entitled, had the cash credit account been maintained regularly - One-time settlements are, as a rule, effected under circumstances where the Bank under duress is compelled to accept lesser amount in order to secure the maximum possible recovery against the defaulting account. (Para 25-26)