REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1284 OF 2009

(Arising out of SLP (Crl) No.6598 of 2008)

Ramesh Dutt & Ors.

… Appellants

Versus

State of Punjab & Ors.

… Respondents

J U D G M E N T

S.B. Sinha, J.

1.

Leave granted.

2.

The appellant herein is aggrieved by and dissatisfied with a judgment

and order dated 27.05.2008 passed by a learned Single Judge of the High

Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in Criminal Miscellaneous

No.12308 of 2001 whereby and whereunder an application filed by them

purported to be under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for

quashing a First Information Report lodged at the direction of Respondent

No.4 by the respondent No.2 on 23.3.2001 for the alleged commission of

offences punishable under Sections 420/465/467/468/471 and 120B of the

Indian Penal Code has been dismissed.

3.

The basic fact of the matter is not in dispute. The appellants are

members of the Managing Committee of Shastri Memorial School, Shivaji

Nagar, Ludhiana. The said society is registered under the Societies

Registration Act in the year 1982.

4.

Allegedly, the land in question wa