ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘ Cr.P.C .’) to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 7 in Crime No.91 of 2023 of Karkhana Police Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 420, 464, 465, 468, 469, 471 , 500 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘ IPC ’) and Section 156 (3) of Cr.P.C .

2. The brief facts of the case are that respondent No.2/ de facto complainant received permission from the learned XI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, for taking cognizance and registering the case against the petitioners stating that respondent No.2, a Brigadier in Directorate General of Quality Assurance (for short ‘DGQA’), was subjected to a de novo Fact Finding Inquiry (for short ‘inquiry’) conducted by petitioner Nos.1 and 2. The inquiry report contained forged financial documents supplied by Petitioner Nos.5 and 6. The original documents showed expenditure of Rs.8,06,162/-, while the forged documents claimed Rs.12,60,541/-. It is further stated that DGQA confirmed the forgery. Petitioner Nos.1 and 2 prepared tentative charges using these forged documen