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MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral)

1. The instant petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short ‘Cr.P.C.’), which is pari materia with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, making prayer for quashing of FIR No.75 dated 26.06.2020 registered under Sections 380, 427, 447, 451 and 506 of IPC at Police Station Mehtiana, District Hoshiarpur and all the subsequent proceedings having emanated therefrom.

2. Brief facts of the case relevant for the purpose of disposal of this petition are that the aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of the statement recorded by complainant Suman Kaur alleging therein that her husband Jagir Singh, who was living in New Zealand for the past ten years, owned some land situated at Village Bhungrani and another 04 kanals of land at some other place. Previously, her younger brother-in-law Gurdev Singh used to cultivate this land. After his death, she was getting this land cultivated through the present petitioner who is son of her elder brother-in-law and used to pay money to him in lieu thereof. Then she gave the same land to one Nirmal Singh @ Nimma on lease who cultivated the same for