1. In this petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the petitioner/accused seeks to quash the proceedings in C.C. No. 413 of 2017 on the file of III Special Magistrate, Miyapur.

2. (a) Brief facts of the case are that complainant and accused are relatives to each other; while so, on 05.09.2014 the father of the accused went to the house of complainant and in the meantime, three unknown persons entered the house of complainant representing that they were Income Tax Officers (IT officers) and wanted to search house and father of the accused acted as a mediator and promised that he would settle the matter; believing his false representation the complainant and her husband paid a total amount of Rs. 18,00,000/- on different dates to settle the income tax claim.

(b) It is the further case of complainant that father of the accused and imposters got issued a forged letter dated 06.11.2014 said to have been issued by the Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax stating that total tax amount along with 2% penalty has been remitted to the IT Department and there were no dues to the Department and file relating to IT dues has been closed. Thereafter, when the complainant and her husband thro