(1.) Leave granted.
(2.) Effect of pendency of a probate proceeding vis--vis a criminal case involving allegations of forgery of a Will is the question involved in this appeal. It arises out of a judgment and order dated 23.7.2005 passed by a learned single judge of the Delhi High Court in Criminal Revision No. 184 of 2005. 3. Before embarking on the said legal question, we may notice the factual matrix involved herein.
(3.) On or about 23.1.1999, Syed Askari Hadi Ali Augustine Imam (Askari for short) filed an application before the office of the Sub- Registrar Hazaribagh in the State of Jharkhand for registration of the said Will dated 3.5.1998. He also applied before the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for grant of mutation in respect of the property situated at A-4, Chirag Co-operative Housing Society Limited known as Chirag Enclave, New Delhi on or about 25.2.1999 in view of the Will dated 3.5.1998. Indisputably, Syeda also made an application to the DDA on 23.4.1999 for grant of mutation in her favour.