FIR followed by compromise with accused ‘abuse of process’, says Madhya Pradesh high court
TNN / Apr 15, 2026, 04:21 (IST)
The MP High Court ruled that filing an FIR and then settling the dispute with the accused constitutes an abuse of the legal process. The court granted bail to an accused employee while imposing a Rs 50,000 cost on the complainant, a car dealer, for the out-of-court settlement.