JUDGMENT :

Pankaj Purohit, J.

1. The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking issuance of writ of mandamus and certiorari for quashing the impugned Look Out Circular (“LOC”) issued by respondent no. 3 against the petitioner.

2. Brief facts of the case are that the present petition arises from two FIRs lodged at Police Station Buggawala, District Haridwar. The first FIR bearing No.41 of 2022 dated 10.05.2022 was registered under Sections 420, 504, and 506 of the IPC at the instance of one Mr. Praneet Kohli, alleging that the petitioner sold certain land situated in Badiwala, Haridwar, to the complainant’s son, Mr. Mudit Kohli, through forged and fabricated documents. Subsequently, a second FIR, being the present FIR No.49 of 2022 dated 15.06.2022, was registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, and 471 of the IPC, on similar allegations regarding the same parcel of land. It was alleged that the petitioner forged the signatures of the complainant, Mr. Zulfan, and his brother, Shahnawaz, to create false documents and used the same to obtain approval from the District Mag