PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH, J.:–This is an application for quashing the order dated 27.02.2018 passed by learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate – II, Aurangabad (hereinafter referred to as the “Magistrate”) in Complaint Case No. 583 of 2017 whereby and whereunder cognizance has been taken against petitioners under Section 417, 420, 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as the “I.P.C.”)

2. The complaint case, in brief, is that petitioner no. 2 Suraj Singh, who is gotiya of the complainant, got registered fraudulently sale-deed in the name of Dharmendra Yadav (petitioner no. 5) and other co-accused persons are witness to the sale-deed and thereby committed offence under Sections 417, 420 and 120(B) of the I.P.C. The learned Magistrate, after carefully perusing the complaint petition, has arrived at a prima facie conclusion against the accused persons (petitioners herein) that the offence under Sections 417, 420 and 120(B) of the I.P.C. is made out.

3. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the present case is purely a civil dispute between the parties. Complainant and petitioners are gotiyas. For the same piece of land, the complainant has earlier filed a t