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The order dated 20.07.2019 of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-V, Thiruvananthapuram, dismissing a petition filed for discharge by the accused in C.C.No.129/2013 on the files of that Court, is under challenge in this revision petition filed by the accused Nos.1 & 2 in that case. 2. The learned Magistrate initiated the proceedings upon a private complaint filed by the first respondent. The allegation against the petitioners is that they forged a power of attorney purportedly executed by the brother of the second petitioner, and made use of the same for seeking reliefs in a suit instituted before the Munsiff’s Court, Thiruvananthapuram, as O.S.No.561/2010, and also in a proceedings before the Tribunal for Local Self Government Institutions, Thiruvananthapuram. Thus, the petitioners are alleged to have committed the offences under Sections 468 , 471 & 420 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 .

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