Criminal Misc. No. M-20082 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-20082 of 2010 Date of decision : 19.07.2010 Mohinder Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and another ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. S.R. Chaudhri, Advocate for the petitioner. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) The petitioner has preferred this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of FIR No. 4 dated 11.07.2009 registered against him under Sections 419, 420, 465, 468, 471 & 120-B IPC at Police Station Kapurthala. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the petitioner is neither a beneficiary nor an attesting witness/scribe of the Will in question. However, he has been arraigned as an accused by the investigating agency without any reason. Thus, no offence against the petitioner is made out and the FIR deserves to be quashed. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner. A perusal of the FIR shows that the same was lodged by one Nachhattar Kaur (respondent No. 2). It was alleged that Taranvir Singh s/o Mohinder Singh, resident of Mohalla Baba Gadian, Phagwara prepared a fake Will with an intention to grab the property of her mother. The complainant stated that she was an NRI and her parents had died. Her Criminal Misc. No. M-20082 of 2010 2 mother Chanan Kaur had property situated in Phagwara. She had executed a registered Will in view of which mutation was sanctioned in favour of legal heirs. All the legal heirs including Taranvir Singh s/o Mohinder Singh had, thus, received their shares. However, Taranvir Singh in connivance with his father Mohinder Singh (petitioner herein) had fabricated a Will of her mother Chanan Kaur to grab whole of the property. The complainant alleged that the Will had been written by deed writer Rajinder Singh who was also a witness thereto. According to complainant, all the accused acted in connivance with each other to grab the valuable property. A perusal of the FIR shows that specific role has been attributed to the petitioner therein. His son is alleged to have fabricated a Will to deprive other legal heirs of the valuable property situated in Phagwara. It appears that investigating agency found that Mohinder Singh (petitioner) father of Taranvir Singh played an active role in the commission of crime. Allegedly the conspiracy was to forged the Will so as to deprive other legal heirs of their rightful claim. In view of the seriousness of allegations, I do not find it a fit case to interfere in inherent jurisdiction of this court. Only ground agitated for quashing of the FIR is that no offence against the petitioner is made out. I am, however, not impressed with this submission. It is not possible for this court to conclude at this stage that petitioner is not involved in the commission of crime. I thus find no ground to interfere in inherent jurisdiction of this court for quashing of impugned FIR. The petition is devoid of merit and is hereby dismissed. July 19, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE