ORDER :

1. Leave granted.

2. This appeal arises from a judgment dated 10 August 2021 of a Single Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. The Single Judge dismissed a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973¹ [“Cr.P.C.”] filed by the appellant for quashing the charge-sheet, which was submitted on 12 February 2021, an order taking cognizance dated 8 March 2021 and the proceedings which arise out of Case Crime No 15 of 2020 for an offence punishable under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code 1860² [“IPC”] registered at PS Swaroop Nagar, District Kanpur Nagar.

3. The facts insofar as they are material for the disposal of these proceedings may be briefly stated:

The appellant claims title to certain immovable property on the basis of a gift deed dated 2 January 2002. On 12 September 2008, a person by the name of Azim Wasif instituted a suit, OS No. 1745 of 2008 in the Court of the Civil Judge (Senior Division), Kanpur Nagar against the appellant seeking a declaration of title and possession of the suit property. The plaintiff in that suit has founded his claim on the basis of a Will alleged to have been executed by the brother of the appellant’s materna