JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Sri Paavan Awasthi, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Tilak Raj Singh, the learned A.G.A. for the State.

2. The present application U/s 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed with a prayer to quash the proceedings of Complaint Case No. 3219 of 2018 (Satya Prakash Singh Vs. Vijay Kumar Banka and Others), under Sections 406, 420 I.P.C., pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow, with a further prayer to stay the operation and implementation of the order dated 25.03.2022 passed in the aforesaid complaint case.

3. The facts of the case are that Satya Prakash Singh, the complainant filed an application under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. before C.J.M. Lucknow making allegation that he was looking for a plot in Lucknow measuring an area of 100 sq. ft. and in that regard he met the applicant along with his associates Rajendra Prasad Chaudhary, Pawan Kumar Sharma, Suddhakar Singh and Raghvendra Singh. The complainant mentioned in the application that he was shown a plot in Tiwari Ganj and was informed that the cost of the plot is Rs.4,50,000/- plus registry expenses and that half of the total amount is required to be deposited in cash and remaining half to be paid as pe