JUDGMENT :

Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.

1. Heard the parties.

2. This criminal miscellaneous petition has been filed invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. with a prayer to quash the entire criminal proceeding including the order dated 27.04.2023 whereby and where under the learned Judicial Magistrate –XVI, Ranchi has taken cognizance for the offences punishable under Section 406/420/467/468/471/506/34 of the Indian Penal Code and issued summons to inter-alia the petitioner in connection with Complaint Case No. 131 of 2023.

3. The allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner is a purchaser of a land belonging to the complainant in respect of which the complainant executed a power of attorney in favour of the co-accused –Lal Kishore Ram at the behest of the other two co-accused namely Arun Kumar Gope and Jitendra Kumar Singh.

4. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner relying upon the Judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the case of Mohammad Ibrahim and Others Vs. State of Bihar and Another, reported in (2009) 8 SCC 751, para - 23 of which reads as under:-

“23. When we say that execution of a sale deed by a person, purport