IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc.49661-M of 2007 DATE OF DECISION : SEPTEMBER 1, 2008 SATBIR SINGH & ANR. ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB & ANR. .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Ms. GK Mann, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. HS Brar, DAG, Punjab. Mr. MK Dogra, Advocate, for respondent No.2. AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) This petition under Section 482, Code of Criminal Procedure, seeks quashing of FIR No.354 dated 9.9.2007 under Section 420, Indian Penal Code, Police Station, Civil Lines, Amritsar (Annexure P-1). The facts are that Kashmir Kaur and Harjit Singh were owners of a piece of land and they agreed to sell the same to respondent No.2. Kashmir Kaur and Harjit Singh had agreed to sell an area measuring 1055.55 square yards and had received Rs.6 lacs in lieu of the agreement to sell. Subsequently, however, the land was not sold and thereby an offence was allegedly committed and the FIR came to be lodged. When the sale deed did not go through, the land was sold by Kashmir Kaur and Harjit Singh to the petitioners. Criminal Misc.49661-M of 2007 2 The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioners is that the petitioners are subsequent purchasers and, therefore, have not committed any offence vis-a-vis Dharam Singh, complainant-respondent No.2. In regard to the petitioners, no criminal culpability is spelt out. Learned counsel for the respondent-State has pointed out that the petitioners clearly knew the mala fide intentions of Kashmir Kaur and Harjit Singh. They also knew about the pendency of the civil suit between respondent No.2-Dharam Singh on the one hand and Kashmir Kaur and Harjit Singh on the other side and, yet, they have purchased the land. Be that as it may, having regard to the role of the petitioners, learned counsel for the respondent-State has assured the Court that the role of the petitioners would be looked into by the Investigating Agency and if the facts so warrant, supplementary report would be filed. In view of the statement of the learned counsel for the respondent-State, this petition is disposed of. September 1, 2008 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE