ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed seeking to quash the F.I.R. in Crime No.3 of 2022 on the file of 1^st respondent police.

2. Heard both sides.

3. The petitioners are ranked as accused 1 and 2 in the F.I.R. in Crime No.3 of 2022 registered for an offence under Sec.420, 409, 506(ii) of I.P.C. based on the complaint given by the 2^nd respondent/defacto complainant.

4. Brief facts of the case is that the 2^nd respondent/defacto complainant used to supply gold jewels to the petitioners on 90 days credit basis, for which the petitioners have to supply equal weight of the said jewels in 24 carat gold bars with their profit margin. Accordingly, in the first week of August 2007, the 1^st petitioner ordered jewellery weighing about 23 kgms., which was supplied by the 2^nd respondent/defacto complainant at his father-in-law's house in Tirppur on 19.08.2007 and the 1^st petitioner assured to give gold bars weighing 23 kgs. within 3 months, but he failed to supply the gold bars. On many occasions, 2^nd respondent/defacto complainant requested them to give gold bars, but they have not complied. On 16.11.2021 around 11.00 a.m. near RK Residency, Avinasi Road, Tiruppur, the 2^nd respondent