New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- A Delhi court has declined to interfere with cheating and criminal conspiracy proceedings against M3M India Pvt Ltd, its subsidiary companies and several individuals in a Gurugram land dispute, allowing the criminal case to proceed on allegations that the agreed consideration for a land exchange was not paid.

The court upheld the cognisance for cheating under Section 420 IPC and criminal conspiracy and common intention under Sections 120B and 34 IPC, respectively, leaving the accused at liberty to raise their submissions before the magistrate at the stage of consideration of charges.

Principal District and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna, however, set aside the cognisance taken for criminal breach of trust under ...