COMMON ORDER

The petitioners seek quashing of the impugned FIR in Crime No.275 of

2023 on the file of the first respondent, which was registered for the offences under Section 120B , 406, 420 and 506(1) of IPC .

2. The allegation in the FIR is that the first and second accused had promised the defacto complainant and one Marichamy that they would obtain a Government job for them and stated that each of them have to pay Rs.10,00,000/-; that they had asked the defacto complainant and Marichamy to deposit the said money into the account of the third accused; that they did not obtain the job as promised; that when the defacto complainant sought for return of the money, they abused the defacto complainant in filthy language and also threatened him of dire consequences.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the second respondent had made false allegations that the petitioners had promised to obtain a Government job; that there were other transactions between the petitioners and the defacto complainant; that those transactions were projected as a case of deceiving the defacto complainant and receiving money by promising to obtain a Government job; that the allegations