IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO(S).5044 OF 2024 (ARISING OUT OF S.L.P. (CRIMINAL) NO(S).12602/2022)
RAJAN PAL SINGH & ANR. APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ORS. RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
1. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the parties.
2. Leave granted.
3. The appellants filed a petition under Section 482 of the Code
of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for quashing a First Information Report
(for short, “the FIR”) being FIR No.1220/2014 registered for the
offences punishable under Sections 420, 468 and 471 read with
Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
4. The dispute is about a transaction over an immovable property.
On 19th July, 2007, a civil suit was filed by the first appellant to
which the third respondent (first informant) is the party. A
written statement was filed by the third respondent admitting the
signatures on the documents produced by the first appellant. But
he contended that the documents were got signed from the third
respondent by intoxicating him. In 2007, a complaint was filed by
the third respondent with the Police on the basis of which no
action was taken. Ultimately, on the basis of a complaint filed on
11th December, 2014, the impugned FIR was registered.
5. The learned counsel appearing for the third respondent
submitted that on the basis of a query mad...