Order (Oral)

1. Quashing of an FIR No.675/2023, dated 13.08.2023, registered at Police Station Pratapnagar, District Udaipur for alleged offences under Sections 420, 467, 468 & 471 of IPC and all consequential proceedings, is sought herein.

2. The petitioner/accused and the complainant are uncle & nephew and are involved in a dispute over the inheritance of estate of complainant’s late father.

2.1. Briefly, the relevant facts of the case are as follows: Respondent No. 2 – the complainant lodged the FIR stating that his late father was an ‘A’ class contractor. His uncle, the petitioner, an advocate, was managing his father's office. Since the father trusted his younger brother (petitioner – uncle of the complainant), he exploited this trust by obtaining signature of complainant’s father on blank papers and even stealing certain documents from the office. After his father's death, the petitioner claimed ownership of Plot No.C-3 and asked the complainant to vacate the property, threatening him with dire consequences. Upon enquiries, the complainant discovered that the plot had been purchased by his father from one Chandra Shekhar Brahmin on December 16, 1998, and that the petitioner had