The Supreme Court has ruled that mere failure to repay money in a commercial transaction cannot amount to the offence of cheating under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, unless the complainant can demonstrate that the accused had a fraudulent or dishonest intention at the very inception of the transaction. The judgment was delivered
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