CAV ORDER

This petition by the sole accused seeks quashing of the impugned FIR and complaint registered by the 1^st respondent - Police as Crime No.224/2023 dated 28.08.2023, pursuant to the complaint given by the 2^nd respondent - de facto complainant for alleged offences punishable under Sections 406, 419, 420, 465, 468 and 471 IPC and for other reliefs.

2. The material on record discloses that the 2^nd respondent -de facto complainant filed the aforesaid complaint against the petitioner, who is a lawyer by profession interalia alleging that the petitioner was guilty of the aforesaid offences. It was alleged that the 2^nd respondent approached the petitioner in relation to filing a suit before the City Civil Court and in that context, the petitioner is alleged to have collected a sum of Rs.9,37,000/- towards court fee by way of 5 installments during the period 2014-2016 and a sum of Rs.1,25,000/- towards the professional fee of the petitioner. It was further alleged that despite several requests, the petitioner did not furnish details of the cases to the 2^nd respondent, who came to know about the same only in the year 2017 and upon enquiries, the 2^nd respondent learnt that the petition