AMOL RATTAN SINGH, J.

1. Pursuant to the order dated 22.03.2018, an affidavit of Smt. Alka Meena, IPS, Senior Superintendent of Police, District Fatehgarh Sahib, has been filed in Court today by learned State counsel. A copy thereof has been given to learned counsel for the petitioners.

2. A perusal of the said affidavit shows that after an agreement dated 25.09.2015 was made for sale of the land in question for an amount of Rs. 3,15,00,000/-, a subsequent agreement dated 12.10.2015 was also executed between the parties, which learned counsel for the complainant also does not deny, in view of the fact that it is very much a part of the contents of the FIR itself.

3. A perusal of the FIR Annexure P-1 shows that it has been alleged therein that the subsequent agreement was got executed for showing a lesser amount of consideration for the land in question, allegedly to avoid stamp duty, at the instance of the petitioners.

4. The affidavit of the SSP on that aspect also goes on to state that “Sudhir Kumar etc.” (Sudhir Kumar being the husband of petitioner no. 1, father of petitioner no. 2 and father-in-law of petitioner no. 3), in order to save stamp duty, had executed the 2nd a