ORDER

This petition has been filed to quash the C.C.No.15341 of 2022, on the file of the learned Metropolitan Magistrate for CCB & CBCID Metro Cases, Egmore, Chennai.

2. The case of the prosecution is that the petitioner has committed a criminal breach of trust and has cheated him without executing the sale deed for the property, 2/24/A, Veteran Lines, Second Street, Pallavaram, Chennai – 600043, wherein the de facto complainant has paid the sale consideration. When asked about the same, the petitioner has threatened the complainant with dire consequences. Hence, he has preferred the present complaint and the petitioner was arrested in connection with the First Information Report.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is an Anglo-Indian. He was introduced to the complainant by the petitioner's wife. The complainant decided to sell the property owned by her, situated at 2/24/A, Veteran Lines, Second Street, Pallavaram, Chennai – 600043. Therefore, the petitioner intended to purchase the property and paid the entire sale consideration by way of paying cash, directing it to the de facto complainant, who in turn paid the demand draft, directing it to t