JUDGMENT :

Heard the parties.

2. This Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed with a prayer to quash the F.I.R. in connection with Jaganathpur P.S. Case No.230 of 2019 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 323, 354, 379, 506, 34 of the Indian Penal Code pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate-1st Class, Ranchi. Though, Section 34 has wrongly been mentioned as Section 349 of the Indian Penal Code in paragraph-1 (i) at page-4 of the brief and in prayer portion at page-24 of the instant writ petition.

3. Though some additional prayer was also made for quashing some other F.I.Rs but it is evident from the order No.11 dated 26.04.2023, that the petitioners have confined their prayer in this Writ Petition for quashing the F.I.R. of Jaganathpur P.S. Case No.230 of 2019. Hence, this Writ Petition is confined to the prayer for quashing the F.I.R. of Jaganathpur P.S. Case No.230 of 2019 only.

4. The brief facts of the case is that the petitioners were the accused persons of the said case and they have cheated and dishonestly induced the informant/complainant to give his property on lease to them by making the informant/compl