JUDGMENT :

G.A. SANAP, J.

1. In this criminal application filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short “Cr.PC”), the applicant-accused has questioned the correctness of the order dated 24th October, 2018, passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Tirora, whereby the learned Magistrate rejected the application made by the applicant-accused for his discharge in Regular Criminal Case No. 11 of 2016.

2. The facts relevant for the purpose of deciding this application are as follows:

On 10th April, 2013, one Mr. Omprakash Ramkul Bhardwaj, the Project Officer of Adani Power Maharashtra Limited, Tirora, Plot No. A-1 lodged a report at Tirora Police Station against the applicant-accused. On the basis of the said report, a crime bearing No. 135 of 2013 came to be registered on 11th September, 2013 against the applicant-accused for an offence punishable under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short “IPC”). In short, it is the case of prosecution against the accused that he with dishonest intention induced the informantcompany to enter into a lease agreement knowing fully well that the accused was not in possession of the property as well as