KRISHAN LAL AND OTHERS Vs. MILKH RAJ

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Petitioners have preferred this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking quashing of Criminal complaint No. 296 dated 1.8.2003 (Annexure P1) and summoning order dated 28.9.2010 under Sections 420/469/471/120- B of the Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC') passed by the Judicial Magistrate First Class Fazilka along with all consequent proceedings relating thereto.

(2.) The relevant contents of the complaint (Annexure P1) read as under:-

(3.) Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that in the civil proceedings, the agreement to sell in question was held to be genuinely executed between the parties. In these circumstances, continuation of criminal proceedings against the petitioners would be nothing but an abuse of process of law.