JUDGMENT :

Heard the parties.

2. This Criminal Miscellaneous Petition has been filed invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure with a prayer to quash the entire criminal proceeding arising out of F.I.R. of Barwadda P.S. Case No.33 of 2017 corresponding to G.R. No.808 of 2017 including the order taking cognizance vide order dated 16.03.2021 by which cognizance was taken for the offence punishable under Sections 420, 468, 387 and 120 B of the Indian Penal Code against the petitioners which is pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate-1st Class, Dhanbad.

3. The allegation against the petitioners is that the petitioners, in criminal conspiracy with each other, went to the field of the informant and forcibly stopped the work of boring of well which was going on the land of the informant and demanded extortion of Rs.10,00,000/-. Out of fear, the men engaged by the informant stopped the work. There is further allegation that as per the documents provided by the petitioners to the informant, the vendor of the petitioners is Dilip Gope. The father of Dilip Gope namely Late Suresh Gope took permanent settlement of the land from king of