ORDER

Dated this the 23^rd day of January, 2026

The petitioners herein, who were the Tahsildar, Kuttanad and the Junior Superintendent, Collectorate Alappuzha have filed this Criminal Miscellaneous Case under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [hereinafter referred as ‘ BNSS ’ for short], to quash all further proceedings pursuant to Annexure.A1 FIR No.02/2025/ALP of VACB, Alappuzha dated 07.05.2025. The petitioners herein are accused Nos.1 and 2 in the above case.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Public Prosecutor, in detail. Also heard the learned counsel appearing for the additional 3^rd respondent, who is the informant and complainant in this case. Perused the case diary and relevant materials available.

3. The prosecution case as could be discernible from the FIR is that, the 1^st accused who had been working as the Tahsildar, Kuttanad Taluk and the 2^nd accused, who had been working as the Junior Superintendent of District Collectorate, Alappuzha, with intention to obtain illegal gratification, for the purpose of issuing certificate showing less valuation to the property for which the complainant’s wife and his mother-in-law a