ORDER :

1. Leave granted.

2. The Appellants before us are aggrieved by the order dated 19.07.2023 passed in CRM-M-34512-2023 (the ‘Impugned Order’) whereby the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh refused to quash FIR No. 375/2022 dated 31.10.2022 (the ‘Subject FIR’), registered against the Appellants for offences under Section(s) 506, 420, 34, 120-B and 467 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (the ‘IPC’).

Brief Facts:

3. The uncontested facts are as follows: (i) the Appellants are doctors who are running the Surendra Maternity and Trauma Hospital (the ‘Hospital’), located in village Suthani, Tehsil Bawal, Rewari, Haryana; (ii) the Appellants were paying rent to Respondent No. 2’s son at the rate of Rs. 25,000/- per month for the Hospital property until August 2022; (iii) the original owner of the land upon which the Hospital stands was Kaptan Singh i.e., husband of Respondent No. 2.

4. Thereafter, as per the Appellants version, vide registered sale deed No. 1485 dated 23.08.2022 (the ‘RSD’), the Appellants purchased the land on which the Hospital stood i.e., Khewat No. l, Khatauni No. 1, Mustkil No. 33, Killa No. 26, village Suthani, Tehsil Bawal, Rewari, Haryana (the ‘Suit Prop