One real estate company collected Rs 50,000.00 from me as advance for sale of 2 residential plots. He had produced various documents, pamphlets, drawings etc, as proof of the project.

Later it was found, that, the project does not exist and I had asked the company to return the advance amount collected by them. After haggling, with them for 8 months, they issued a cheque, which promptly bounced.

I am sure this a criminal offense of cheating, and money laundering .

What is the legal recourse available to me to retrieve the money from the company??