O R D E R

The petitioner faces indictment in a prosecution under Section 420 I.P.C. on the basis of a F.I. Statement lodged before the police by the first respondent. Crime has been registered as Crime No. 676 of 2005 of Central Police station, Ernakulam.

2. The crux of the allegations in the said F.I. Statement is that the petitioner had fraudulently misled the officials of the State Bank of Mysore and availed a loan of Rs.12.5 lakhs by misutilising the original title deeds which he had clandestinely and fraudulently removed from the possession of the Registrar of Debt Recovery Tribunal. The petitioner, who had produced it before the State Bank of Travancore, had clandestinely come into possession of those title deeds while they were in the possession of the Registrar of the Debt Recovery Tribunal and suppressing that fact he has misled and fraudulently deceived the officials of the State Bank of Mysore and availed a loan on the strength of those documents.. This in short is the allegation raised.

3. According to the petitioner, he has not produced the original documents before the State Bank of Travancore. According to him, the State Bank of Travancore had never produced those docum