This criminal original petition has been filed invoking the inherent powers of the High Court under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code to quash the criminal proceedings initiated against the petitioner herein in PRC No.14 of 2006 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate No.2, Mettur based on a private complaint preferred by the respondent herein under Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

2. The facts leading to the filing of the present criminal original petition can be stated thus:-

a) The respondent herein preferred a private complaint against the petitioner herein alleging that the petitioner had committed offences punishable under Sections 464, 466 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code and an offence under the supposed Section 3(1)(VIII)(IX)(X) of the Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The following are the allegations found in the complaint.

"An extent of 0.86.0 hectares of land comprised in Survey No.113/2 in Veerakkalputhur Village, Mettur Taluk, Salem District within the limits of Karumalaikoodal Police Station had been purchased by the mother of the respondent herein (complainant) in and by a sale deed dated 05.0