JUDGMENT :

Satyen Vaidya, J.

Petitioner has prayed for the following relief:

“Quash the impugned FIR No.0072 dated 29.03.2022, Annexure P-9, under Sections 420 and 34 of Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station, Baddi, District Solan, H.P. and further proceedings in lieu thereof, in view of the facts and circumstances of the case.”

2. The facts as narrated by the petitioner are that he is a partner in Super Rugs India LLP to the extent of 50%. An agreement to sell the land and structure measuring 9 bighas 10 biswas situate at Baddi, District Solan, H.P. was executed on 05.08.2018 between the partners of Super Rugs India LLP (hereinafter referred to as sellers) with Sh. Ram Chand, Smt. Sudesh Kumari and Sh. Ketan Kumar, all residents of Panchkulla (Haryana) [hereinafter referred to as purchasers]. Total sale consideration was agreed at Rs.3,51,00,000/- (Rs. Three Crores and Fifty-One lacs). At the time of execution of the agreement, the purchasers paid a sum of Rs.51 lacs as earnest money to the sellers, out of which a sum of Rs.21 lacs was paid through cheque and Rs.30 lacs was paid in cash. On 31.12.2019, the purchasers paid another sum of Rs.48 lacs in cash to the sellers. It