JUDGMENT

1. This petition under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. has been filed by the petitioners who are accused in FIR No.1220/2014, registered under Sections 420/468/471 read with 34 IPC, at Police Station Nand Nagri, Delhi, seeking quashing of the said FIR and all proceedings emanating therefrom.

2. The contention of Mr. Abhinav Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioners, is that the dispute between the parties, namely, the petitioners and the complainant/respondent No.3 was fundamentally a civil dispute and as held in Paramjeet Batra Vs. State of Uttarakhand and Ors., (2013) 11 SCC 673, when a civil remedy was available, the court ought to quash the criminal proceedings to prevent abuse of process of court. It is further submitted that the FIR has been belatedly registered after a delay of seven years. Reliance in this regard has been placed on the judgement of the Gujarat High Court in Madhubhai Virjibhai Patel Vs. State of Gujarat & others, Order dated 27th September, 2019 in R/Criminal Misc. Application No.7023/2009. It is stated that a civil suit filed by the petitioners against the complainant/respondent no. 3 was already pending before the learned Additional District Jud