JUDGMENT :

This criminal petition under Section 482, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘the Code’ and/or ‘the CrPC’, for short) has been preferred seeking quashing of the criminal proceeding of G.R. Case no. 216/2019, arising out of Karimganj Police Station Case no. 93/2019 registered for the offences under Section 420 and Section 406 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

2. The 3 (three) petitioners are named as accused no. 2, accused no. 1 and accused no. 3 respectively in the First Information Report (FIR) lodged before the In-Charge, Longlai Police Patrol Post, Karimganj on 23.01.2019. On receipt of the FIR, the In-Charge, Longlai Police Patrol Post entered the same vide Longlai Police Patrol Post General Diary Entry no. 364 dated 23.01.2019 and by forwarding the FIR to the Officer In-Charge, Karimganj Police Station to register the case, had taken up the investigation of the case himself. On receipt of the FIR, the Officer In-Charge, Karimganj Police Station directed the In-Charge, Longlai Police Patrol Post to conduct an inquiry into the matter, to check all related documents and to submit a report. On 01.02.2019, the In-Charge, Longlai Police Patrol Post informed the Officer In-Char