The complainants in the present plea alleged that the petitioner held out himself to be a very Senior Advocate in Bangalore having connections with Senior Advocates in the Supreme Court. It was alleged that he had represented that he could put across the complainant to such Senior Advocates who could represent the matter and obtain favourable orders from the apex court. On that basis, various amounts were paid to the petitioner to be paid to the advocate appearing before the Supreme Court and also to enable the petitioner to travel to Supreme Court and appear in the said matter.
However, since the advocate-petitioner did not obtain favourable orders from the Supreme Court in the case, complaint was filed for offences under Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) have been committed.
“An advocate can only appear and make his best efforts in the matter. No advocate can either state or hold out that he would obtain favourable orders nor could a client believe that an Advocate will definitely obtain favourable orders just because he has made payment of the fees to the Advocate,” the Court opined.
Source: Barandbench
