The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity ‘the Cr.P.C.,’)/Section 528 of the
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) seeking to
quash proceedings against petitioners/Accused Nos.1 & 2 in Cr.No.248 of
2025 on the file of the Kanigiri Police Station, Prakasam District, registered for
the alleged offence punishable under Sections 420, 506 read with 34 of the
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for brevity ‘the IPC’).
2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant
Public Prosecutor. Perused the record.
3. As seen from the record, the grievance of Respondent No.2 is that the
petitioners showed the immovable property under one survey number but sold
the immovable property under another survey number. This transaction
occurred in the year 2021. Respondent No.2 lodged a complaint on
21.07.2025, nearly four years later. The nature of the transaction between the
petitioners and Respondent No.2 is, by and large, civil in nature. The said
complaint was registered as Crime No.248 of 2025 on the file of Kanigiri
Police Station, Prakasam District, for the alleged offences punishable under
Sections 420 and 506 read with Section 34 of ‘the IPC’. All the offences
alleged against the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2 are punishable with
imprisonment for less than seven years.